Banning Credit Checks

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 27, 2015

Brooklyn City Councilman Brad Lander and Sarah Ludwig, the co-director of the New Economy Project, talk about the "Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act" Lander sponsored that was approved by the City Council that would ban credit checks for hiring for most jobs, plus other city news.

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