NY02 Stories and Data

NY02 Stories

BOLD Charter School
Pickleball Mania
The Juice Collective
Boricana LLC

NY02 Fact Sheet

I’ve been a member of a CDFI for 25 yrs and would never go back to a traditional bank, due to the good works that I’ve seen done by CDFI’s. I was also a board member for a few years at one, so I know the inner workings and understand the community missions they take on. My children and I have had a stable home for the past 18 years, partly due to the credit building assistance we received from a CDFI.

-Stacy Crandell, Member owner, Syracuse, NY

CDFIs are a lifeline for many small business owners who cannot get traditional financing from large banks.

-Ericka Powell Sinclair, Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund, LLC, New York, NY

Our credit union has been a certified institution since 2017 if not for the [CDFI] program we could not lend to individuals that have a problem getting funding if this program is not funded many citizens who are in financially weakest position the most.

-Michael Veksler, The Finest Federal Credit Union, New York, NY

Map of NY02 CDFI Branches and Stories