The New York Assembly adjourned this weekend and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie refused to allow the "Champerty" debt relief bill to be voted on. Despite your thousands of phone calls and constituent, business, bipartisan, union, development organizations, Senate and interfaith support - Heastie bowed to special interests.
Because of your calls and work, we won NY Senate passage of our legislation. We also won enough bipartisan support in the Assembly to pass the legislation that would stop "vulture" funds, protect US taxpayers and pensions as well as help reduce food and fuel prices.
Our coalition of faith, businesses, unions, anti-poverty, development and environmental groups and diaspora communities is not giving up. With your help, we can bring this critical legislation through the finish line.
Gratefully,
Aldo Caliari
Senior Director of Policy and Strategy
Twitter: @AldoCaliari
www.jubileeusa.org/support-us