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April 2, 2023 Home Resources

Resource Archive

Coalition members have developed a range of advocacy, research and know-your-rights material. Please check back frequently for new resources! 

Policy and Issue Briefs 

  • Why New York Needs the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act (Dēmos)
  • Memorandum on Credit Check Exemptions (Dēmos)
  • Discredited: How Employment Credit Checks Keep Qualified Workers Out of a Job (Dēmos)
  • Losing Ground: Unwarranted Credit Checks Create Barriers to Employment for Women (National Partnership for Women & Families)

Reports

  • Bad Credit Shouldn’t Block Employment: How to Make State Bans on Employment Credit Checks More Effective (Dēmos)
  • Discrediting America: The Urgent Need to Reform the Nation’s Credit Reporting Industry (Dēmos)
  • Discrediting Workers: How Credit Reports are Distorting the Job Market, Prolonging Unemployment, and Denying Equal Opportunity to Workers (Dēmos)

Know Your Rights

  • Know Your Rights – Learn how to order your free annual credit report, correct errors, and improve your credit report — legally and for free (New Economy Project)

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Credit Checks in the News

March 6, 2016

Employers Are Using Credit Checks Against Otherwise Qualified Workers. Here’s What We Can Do About It- Salon

November 16, 2015

Employment Discrimination in New York City Must End- City & State

November 5, 2015

Why New Yorkers Know Their Rights—and We All Should- Policy Shop

October 13, 2015

Credit Scores in America Perpetuate Racial Injustice. Here's How.- The Guardian

October 3, 2015

Credit Check Ban (starts around 35:30)- Washington Post

September 4, 2015

In New York, Good Riddance to a Questionable Hiring Practice- Washington Post

September 3, 2015

Bad Credit No Longer Keeps New Yorkers Out of Work- Policy Shop

August 21, 2015

Human Rights in New York City- The Brian Lehrer Show

August 9, 2015

The Perils of Employment Credit Checks- Northwest Indiana Times

July 13, 2015

The Progressive Victory You Haven't Heard Of: NYC's Ban on Employment Credit Checks- The American Prospect

June 29, 2015

Banning Credit Check of Job Seekers Raises Employment Hopes- Diverse Business

May 19, 2015

Today's Verdict with David Lesch- BronxNet

May 10, 2015

Cuomo’s Push to Raise Wages Lifts Spirits of New York’s Fast-Food Workers- New York Times

May 7, 2015

Empleadores no Revisarán Historial de Crédito de Aplicantes- Univision

May 7, 2015

De Blasio Signs Law Banning Use of Credit Checks in Hiring Decisions- DNAinfo

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