NY13 Stories and Data

NY13 Stories

CDFI Program Financial Assistance Success Stories: Spring Bank
A CDFI program in NYC enabling low-income employees to access affordable credit, improve credit scores, and build savings
BOLD Charter School
Construction of a 60,000 square feet charter school facility featuring 27 classrooms, small breakout rooms, an art room, music room, science labs, cafeteria/gymnasium, and administrative spaces.
Pickleball Mania
AE financing helped Lesa Carter expand her community recreation business, offering events like family nights for 75+ attendees.
The Juice Collective
AE helped LaTeka Cooke-Davis start her juice bar when others wouldn’t; she’s expanding from Horseheads to downtown Elmira.

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Testimonials

In Syracuse’s depressed economy, CDFIs have been a lifeline for aiding some of the most financially challenged residents and businesses. My credit union has leveraged CDFI funds to lift many households out of poverty, and we need this to continue.

-Susan Hamilton, Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union, Syracuse, NY

CDFIs provide extraordinary support to many people who otherwise would not be able to access ordinary banking and credit opportunities. They are frequently located in banking deserts”

-Sam Eschenbrenner, Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union, Syracuse, 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 NY13 CDFI Branches and Stories