What's happening
This bill allows low-income credit unions in New York City to participate in the state's banking development district program.
Why it matters
Expands access to financial services in underserved NYC neighborhoods. By allowing low-income credit unions to participate in the Banking Development District (BDD) program, the bill could help bring more affordable banking options to communities with limited access to traditional banks.
Potentially increases community investment and economic development. Low-income credit unions often reinvest in their local areas through small loans and financial education, so their inclusion in the BDD program could boost local entrepreneurship and financial stability.
Limits apply to municipal funds. The bill permits these credit unions to accept municipal or public deposits only at branches established within designated banking development districts, ensuring that public funds are used specifically to support local access to banking.
Targets New York City specifically. The change applies only to cities with populations over one million, making this a targeted measure likely aimed at addressing persistent financial service gaps in NYC’s lower-income neighborhoods.
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Include Credit Unions in Program
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14 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
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- Referred to banks
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Let Low-Income Credit Unions Join
In Senate Committee · Banks · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5085
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, PERRY, TAYLOR, SEAWRIGHT, DICKENS, D'URSO, GOTTFRIED, PICHARDO, BARRON, ARROYO, HYNDMAN, RIVERA, LAVINE, NIOU, WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks
AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to including low income credit unions in the banking development district program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 96-d of the banking law, as added by chapter 526 of the laws of 1998, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 328 of the laws of 1999, and paragraph (b) as further amended by section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
5. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of section two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter; for the purposes of this section, paragraph c of subdivision two of section ten of the general municipal law, subdivision six of section one hundred five of the state finance law and section four hundred eighty-five-f of the real property tax law, any reference to a bank, trust company or national bank shall be deemed to include a savings bank, savings and loan association, federal savings and loan association or federal savings bank or, in cities having a population of one million or more persons, any low income credit union as designated by section four hundred fifty-a of this chapter or any federal credit union that has been designated a low income credit union by the National Credit Union Administration; provided, however, that such provisions of law do not grant a savings bank, savings and loan association, federal savings and loan association or federal savings bank or, in cities having a population of one million or more persons, any low income credit union as designated by section four hundred fifty-a of this chapter or any federal credit union that has been designated a low income credit union by the National Credit
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Union Administration eligibility to accept municipal or public funds or municipal or public moneys other than for the limited purposes of the establishment of a branch in a banking development district pursuant to this section. Any such municipal or public funds or moneys shall be deposited only at the branch established pursuant to this section, and any municipal funds or moneys may be deposited only by the sponsoring municipality in which the branch and banking development district are located; provided further that any such municipal or public funds or moneys shall be subject to the same requirements which apply to municipal or public funds or moneys deposited in a bank, trust company or national bank and shall also be subject to the provisions of section one hundred five of the state finance law or section ten of the general municipal law relating to such deposits.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the superintendent of financial services shall promulgate rules and regulations to authorize the participation of savings banks, savings and loan associations, federal savings banks and federal savings and loan associations or, in cities having a population of one million or more persons, any low income credit union as designated by section four hundred fifty-a of this chapter or any federal credit union that has been designated a low income credit union by the National Credit Union Administration in the program established pursuant to this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision 5 of section 96-d of the banking law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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