David Newville and Cathie Mahon

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Channel: New America · 2009 · News & Politics

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Cathie Mahon, Executive Director of New York Citys Office of Financial Empowerment, discusses the $aveNYC program with David Newville from New Americas Asset Building Program.  $aveNYC is an innovative new pilot program from New York City that rewards low-income families for saving at tax time.  The conversation covers the promising findings of the pilot and the lessons from it that could be applied to a similar program on a nationwide scale, such as the Savers Bonus.

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