Who Spent What

Patch has a great article on who spent what in Harlem election contests:

https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/heres-how-much-money-poured-harlem-elections

33 Harlem

It’s hard to believe that there was a time when you could call a business in Harlem with only 33 Harlem, yet that’s what you’d call to reach the Yuengling offices in New York.

This trading card caught my eye:

YUENGLING LAGER BEER Ale Harlem A.Liebler Boys Caught drinking Trade Card

See: https://www.ebay.com/itm/303735074925?ul_noapp=true

Access to Banks

I hope you’ll be able to join our Zoom HNBA meeting tomorrow. The disparities of access to financial services, as shown below, is sobering.

The figure below uses the location of financial service providers, including banks, credit unions,
pawnshops, and check cashers, to analyze the type of financial resources that are available in
different neighborhoods. Because they charge high interest rates and fees and impose riskier
terms, pawnshops and check cashers can damage the financial health of hard-working New
Yorkers with low incomes. Figure 5.72 therefore examines the ratio of banks and credit unions
to check cashers and pawnshops in each of the city’s Community Districts, and it shows. Figure
5.72 shows that in many New York City neighborhoods that are predominantly Black and Hispanic, there are more check cashers and pawn- shops than banks and credit unions. In the dark
red areas, the number of pawnshops and check cashers is two to 10 times the number of banks
and credit unions. As one resident of East Harlem said to OFE, “We’re… flooded with check
cashers and pawnshops. Whatever little left that poor families have, [these businesses are] just
stripping them of value… because families are in desperate need.”


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