WESPAC Annual Awards 2022!
Scroll down below image for all details! Dear Friends of WESPAC, On Sunday, June 5th at 2pm, WESPAC friends and members will be gathering in person at Wainwright House in Rye on the waterfront on the Long Island Sound in honor of WESPAC’s 48th...Rikers Island from those who have lived there
Excellent panel discussion this evening on Rikers Island with Jose Saldana, Vincent Schiraldi, Alelur Duran and Steven Dominguez. It’s been a disaster since it opened in 1932. Plans for closure began with Ed Koch. Will Eric Adams move forward or wiggle out? Where will...Westchester #CommunitiesNotCages Town Hall
Dear friends and members of WESPAC, Will you join us on April 19 at 6pm for an online Westchester + Hudson Valley #CommunitiesNotCages Town Hall on Zoom? RSVP here! At the Town Hall, you’ll hear from formerly incarcerated leaders and families about the fight...Westchester DA launching new program
Thank you very much for this initiative, DA Rocah! https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2021/09/28/westchester-miriam-rocach-fresh-start-program-may-spare-some-offenders-jail/5899836001/ The program announced by the Westchester District Attorney will allow certain...Attica is All of Us
Attica is All of UsTo commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Attica uprising, AFJ (Alliance of Families for Justice) and the National Lawyer Guild NYC will be cohosting two evenings of panel discussions about the uprising and its aftermath. Both will be live...WESPAC on Facebook
Horace Greeley High School students are organizing this protest against Project Willow - Alaska oil drilling approved by President Biden ☹️ - on Sunday at 1pm. Please scan the QR code to get involved and for all details:
Horace Greeley High School students are organizing this protest against Project Willow - Alaska oil drilling approved by President Biden ☹️ - on Sunday at 1pm. Please scan the QR code to get involved and for all details:
Letter to NY Senate Majority Leader regarding banking crisis:
www.neweconomynyc.org
www.neweconomynyc.org
Tell Congress: Repeal the Trump-era Rollbacks. Co-Sponsor the Secure Viable Banking Act Now!![]()
When Congress passed legislation in 2018 that repealed key pieces of the Dodd-Frank reforms enacted after the global financial crisis only a decade earlier, many experts warned what would happen. ![]()
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The bipartisan 2018 bill that Trump signed deregulating mid-sized banks and removed strict requirements designed to ensure their solvency and protect consumers.![]()
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Now, with the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the predictions proved true. Banking regulators quickly had to step in with decisive actions to guarantee deposits and stop contagion from spreading across the banking system.![]()
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If mid-sized banks are going to endanger financial stability, they must be held to strict standards otherwise the public pays the price for risky behavior, while fat-cat bank executives rake in the profits and get off scot-free.![]()
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In response to this crisis, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Katie Porter of California have introduced the Secure Viable Banking Act that would restore the rules on mid-size banks that were repealed in 2018.![]()
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Click here to sign and send your message to Congress urging your Senators and Representative to sign on as co-sponsors of the Secure Viable Banking Act now.
Urge Your Members of Congress to Co-Sponsor the Secure Viable Banking Act Now!
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When Congress passed legislation in 2018 that repealed key pieces of the Dodd-Frank reforms enacted after the global financial crisis only a decade earlier, many experts warned what would happen. The ...