$9 an hour, Assembly says The return of interest-only mortgages Banks Find More Wrongful Foreclosures Among Military Members Empire Justice Memo of Support: New York State is Long Overdue for an Increase in the Minimum Wage

CRL: State Actions Still Needed to Prevent Unnecessary Foreclosures Legal Group Leaders Say Sequestration Will Hinder Access to Justice NY Times: As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard DOMA violates equal protection with ‘discriminatory burdens’ on same-sex spouses, says ABA brief

NY Times: Bleeding the Borrower Dry Student Loan Delinquencies May Top 30 Percent, New Data Shows CLASP: Drug Testing of Safety-Net Applicants Stigmatizes Poor Families Consumer Advocates Call for Further Protections in Medicaid Managed Long Term Care People’s Budget Hearing to Urge Leaders to Get Some CLASS (Close Loopholes Aid Social Services)

Jobs at risk in services for disabled Brief Challenging DOMA Section Is Submitted NY Bridge Plan (Pre-Existing Condition Plan) enrollment suspension

CBPP: Sequestration’s Impact: It’s Real IOLA Grants Committee Meeting NYS Bridge Plan Suspends New Enrollments After March 2, 2013 CRL Comment to CFPB on Ability to Repay Standards under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Empire Justice Memo of Support: Ensure Due Process for Consumers in Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Program

The Impact of the Sequester on WIC Student debtor who lost fair debt case loses again in Supreme Court Child Care Subsidies Are in Danger Across New York State New York Times Article on Banks Aiding Payday Loans: There’s Even More to the Story

A Housing Problem – Or an Income Problem? State shuts down two debt collectors in Buffalo Massachusetts Bill To Ban Data-Mining of Student Emails NY Times: Despite Aid, Borrowers Still Face Foreclosure Housing caught in the wake of sequester debates CBPP: Comparison of Benefits for Poor Families to Middle-Class Incomes Is Deeply Flawed

CFPB: Help stop the student debt domino effect NY Times: Major Banks Aid in Payday Loans Banned by States Consumer Bureau Said to Warn Banks of Auto Lending Suits Governor Cuomo Announces Department of Financial Services Notifies Debt Collectors Not to Seek Collection on Illegal Payday Loans