In the News

• Salon, “Employers Are Using Credit Checks Against Otherwise Qualified Workers. Here’s What We Can Do About It.” 3/6/2016
• City & State, “Employment Discrimination in New York City Must End” 11/16/2015
• Policy Shop, “Why New Yorkers Know Their Rights—and We All Should” 11/5/2015
• The Guardian, “Credit Scores in America Perpetuate Racial Injustice. Here’s How” 10/13/2015
• Labor Lines, “Credit Check Ban” (starts around 35:30) 10/03/2015
• Washington Post, “In New York, Good Riddance to a Questionable Hiring Practice” 09/04/2015
• Policy Shop, “Bad Credit No Longer Keeps New Yorkers Out of Work” 09/03/2015
• The Brian Lehrer Show, “Human Rights in New York City” 08/21/2015
• Northwest Indiana Times, “The Perils of Employment Credit Checks” 08/09/2015
• The American Prospect, “The Progressive Victory You Haven’t Heard Of: NYC’s Ban on Employment Credit Checks” 07/09/2015
• Diverse Business, “Banning Credit Check of Job Seekers Raises Employment Hopes” 06/29/2015
• BronxNet, “Today’s Verdict with David Lesch” 05/19/2015
• New York Times, “Cuomo’s Push to Raise Wages Lifts Spirits of New York’s Fast-Food Workers” 05/10/2015
• Univision, “Empleadores no Revisarán Historial de Crédito de Aplicantes” 05/07/2015
• DNAinfo, “De Blasio Signs Law Banning Use of Credit Checks in Hiring Decisions” 05/07/2015
• The Brian Lehrer Show, “Banning Credit Checks” 04/27/2015
• BronxNet, “Today’s Verdict with David Lesch” (Begins at around 13:00) 04/21/2015
• Madame Noire, “New York City Band Credit Checks in Hiring, a Boost for Many Minority Job Seekers” 04/21/2015
• The Investigative Fund, “New York City to Ban Credit Checks in Hiring” 04/21/2015
• The Nation, “New York City Just Outlawed Running Credit Checks on Job Applicants” 04/20/2015
• CNN Money, “No More Credit Checks for NYC Job Seekers” 04/17/2015
• Good Magazine, “NYC Passes Ban on Credit Checks for Most Job Applicants” 04/17/2015
• New York Times, “New York City Council Votes to Restrict Credit Checks in Hiring” 04/17/2015
• New York Post, “City Council Passes Bill Blocking Employer Credit Checks” 04/17/2015
• Wall Street Journal, “City Acts to Limit Credit Checks” 04/16/2015
• New York Daily News, “Employers won’t be allowed to do credit checks on job seekers: City Council” 04/16/2015
• Newsday, “NYC Council to Limit Credit Checks of Job Seekers” 04/16/2015
• El Diario, “¿Mal Crédito? Esto no le Afectará en Buscar Trabajo” 04/16/2015
• Reuters, “New York City Legislation to Restrict Credit Checks on Job Hopefuls” 04/16/2015
• CBS Moneywatch, “NYC Bars the Use of Credit Checks in Hiring” 04/16/2015
• Capital New York, “Council Passes Credit Checks Ban, Updates City Air Code” 04/16/2015
• Crain’s New York Business, “City Council Passes Bill Outlawing Credit Checks on Job Applicants” 04/16/2015
• Staten Island Advance, “City Council Approves Bill Banning Credit Checks in Hiring” 04/16/2015
• Telemundo, “No Podrán Revisar su Crédito para un Trabajo” 04/16/2015
• DNAinfo, “City Council Passes Bill to Ban Credit Checks for Most Job Seekers” 04/16/2015
• New York Observer, “City Council Passes Bill Banning Credit Checks in Hiring” 04/16/2015
• City Limits, “Advocates Hail NYC Credit-Check Ban as Strongest in the U.S.” 04/15/2015
• NY1 Inside City Hall, “Councilman, Expert Discuss Legislation to Make it Illegal for Employers to Run Credit Checks on Job Seekers” 04/14/2015
• Gothamist, “City Council Will Likely Ban Practice Of Running Credit Checks On Job Applicants” 04/13/2015
• New York Daily News, “City Will Ban Employers From Viewing Credit History of Prospective Workers” 04/13/2015
• The Root, “How Employer Credit Checks Are Keeping Black People Unemployed” 03/11/2015
• Amsterdam News, “Workers Need Opportunity, not Credit Check Roadblocks” 03/05/2015
• Telemundo, “¡Sin Crédito no Hay Trabajo!” 02/27/2015
• Crain’s New York Business, “Credit-Check Ban Debate Heats Up” 02/13/2015
• El Diario, “Rechazan la Revisión de Crédito para Conseguir Empleo” 02/13/2015
• New York Observer, “Don’t Ask: Why Companies Profit By Not Checking Employees’ Credit” 02/05/2015
• Gothamist, “City Council Weighs Banning Credit Checks On Job Applicants” 01/16/2015
• New York Business Journal, “NYC City Council to Take Up Ban on Job Applicant Credit Checks Again” 01/16/2015
• Brooklyn Reader, “City Council Moves to End Credit Checks For Most Job Applicants” 01/16/2015
• New York Times, “Group Urges New York City to End Credit Checks by Employers” 01/16/2015
• Huffington Post, “New York’s Credit Carolers Sing for an End to Discrimination” 12/18/2014
• Crain’s New York Business, “Credit-Check Opponents Target de Blasio” 12/17/2014
• A.M. New York, “An Unfair Way to Decide Whom to Hire” 11/13/2014
• The Excelsior, Letter to the Editor 11/04/2014
• Policy Shop, “Why Arguments Against the NYC Credit Checks Ban Fall Short” 10/13/2014
• New York Times editorial, “Bad Credit? Big Problem” 10/06/2014
• New York Post, “Woman Fired After Two Hours on the Job at MSG: Suit” 10/06/2014
• Huffington Post, “New York City Should Lead on Banning Credit Discrimination” 10/01/2014
• Crain’s New York Business, “De Blasio, Council Urged to Ban Credit Checks in Hiring” 9/17/2014
• CBS New York, “Proposed Bill Would Ban Credit Checks In Hiring, Firing” 9/12/2014
• WNYC News, “Credit Denied! City Council Considers Ban on Employer Credit Checks” 9/12/2014
• The Nation, “Why Are Employers Checking Job Applicants’ Credit History?” 9/12/2014
• DNA Info, “City Council Seeks to Eliminate Credit Checks for Job Seekers” 9/12/2014
• Gotham Gazette, “Council Civil Rights Committee Looks to Solve Credit Catch-22” 9/12/2014
• WFUV, “NYC Bill Would Ban Credit Checks in Hiring, Firing” 9/12/2014
• Crain’s New York Business, “De Blasio Backs ‘Concept’ of Banning Credit Checks in Hiring” 9/11/2014
• New York Observer, “Progressive Caucus to Make Employer Credit Check Ban Next Big Push” 9/10/2014
• Queens Chronicle, “Should Employers Check Your Credit?” 9/04/2014
• Ft. Greene Focus, “Slamming Hiring Practices As Unfair, Brooklyn Leaders Call For Reform” 8/20/2014
• Queens Ledger, “Students Fight to Keep Credit Checks Out of the Hiring Process” 7/30/2014
• NY1 Online, “Queens College Students Rally to Support Credit Discrimination in Employment Act” 7/23/2014
• El Diario, “Prohibirían Revisión de Crédito al Solicitar Empleo en NYC” 4/11/2014
• Brooklyn Reader, “New Bill in the City Council Bans Employers from Weighing Your Credit” 04/11/2014
• Crain’s New York Business, “Council Moves to Ban Credit Checks in Hiring” 04/10/2014
• Policy Shop, “Will New York City Lead the Fight to End Employment Discrimination?” 04/10/2014
• U.S. News & World Report, “Credit Checks Are Kicking the Jobless When They’re Down” 01/13/2014
• CNN Money, “Bad Credit Cost me a Job” 08/12/2013
• New York Times, “To Catch a Creditor” 07/10/2013
• New York State Assembly, “Assembly Passes Credit Privacy in Employment Act to Protect Potential Employees and Limit Adverse Employment Action Based on Credit History” 06/20/2013
• New York Times, “The Long Shadow of Bad Credit in a Job Search” 05/11/2013
• NY1 Online, “Councilman, Advocate Push for Ending Employer Credit Checks” 05/09/2013
• New York Times, “Credit History Discrimination” 04/22/2013
• NYU Now, “Intro 857 Demonstration (Video)” 04/12/2013
• New York Daily News, “End Credit Checks for Job Seekers” 04/11/2013
• WNYC News, “Council Considers Ban of Credit Checks on Job Applicants” (Audio Link) 04/11/2013
• Policy Shop, “New York Steps Closer to Stopping Credit Discrimination” 04/11/2013
• WFUV, “Bill Seeks to Ban Employee Credit Checks in NYC” 04/11/2013
• New York Times editorial, “The Credit-History Pariah Class” 03/24/2013
• New York Times editorial, “Victimized by Credit Reports” 02/12/2013
• El Diario, “Piden no Revisar El Historial de Credito” 02/11/2013
• Huffington Post, “Bad Credit Shuts New Yorkers Out of a Job” 02/07/2013
• CBS News, “Bad Credit Ratings Sinking Job Hunters” 02/06/2013
• Policy Shop, “Need a Job to Get a Job? Not in New York City” 01/23/2013
• The Epoch Times, “Bill Would Ban Credit Checks by Employers” 10/16/2012
• WFUV, “Group Protests Against Credit Checks in Hiring Process” 10/16/2012
• WBAI, “Call To Ban Credit Checks By Potential Employers” 10/16/2012
• Policy Shop, “New York Students Slam Credit Checks” 10/16/2012
• Coalition Press Release: Students Call For Ban on Employment Credit Checks 10/16/2012
• New York Times editorial, “The Credit History Underclass ” 05/30/2012
• Huffington Post, “Do You Think It’s Fair…” 05/17/2012
• New York Daily News, “Brooklyn City Councilman Wants to Bar Employers from Doing Credit Checks on Job Applicants” 05/15/2012
• New York Times, “A Credit Nightmare, but Coming Out Better in the End” 01/11/2012
• New York Times editorial, “Millions Need Not Apply” 05/29/2011
• Syracuse.com, “Soldier who served in Iraq falls victim to Mattydale used car dealer” 04/18/2011