Unequal access to the internet and digital devices, or the “digital divide,” has been documented for decades. Today, the digital divide is preventing New Yorkers from climbing up the economic ladder.
Student loan debt has reached $1.7 trillion in the United States and is the second-largest form of consumer debt next to mortgages. In New York State, approximately 2.4 million people owe more than $98 billion in student debt, with one million of these borrowers living in New York City.
The last three years have been ones of momentous changes in our housing system, particularly for the more than two million people living in New York City’s 1,006,000 rent stabilized apartments.
Learn who is eligible for relief and how to access relief in the Sweet v. Cardona class action settlement.