The Co-Chair of the Jubilee USA Network Board, Rabbi Matt Cutler and Executive Director of New York State Council of Churches, Rashida Tyler, provided insights on how the Champerty Fix Act (S1477/A643A) aligns with Jewish and Christian Faith in a recent Times Union opinion article. 

Commentary: Stop predatory investors from feeding on the world's poorest countries

By: Rabbi Matt Cutler and Rashida Tyler

"The great faith traditions teach us that debtors need to have a chance to start anew in life — that no one should be in debt in perpetuity. [...] Here in New York, our elected officials in the Senate and the Assembly have the opportunity to act in the spirit of Jubilee to pass the Champerty Act (S1477/A643A) and make real in our world today the biblical exhortation to bring the spirit of Jubilee to our lives." 

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