{"id":180886,"date":"2026-03-31T14:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/180886\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:59:14","slug":"online-payday-lenders-look-to-skirt-new-york-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/180886\/","title":{"rendered":"Online payday lenders look to skirt New York restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NYS-Capitol-Building.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Online payday lenders look to skirt New York restrictions<\/p>\n<p>Online payday lenders look to skirt New York restrictions<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/author\/david-lombardo\/\" title=\"Posts by David Lombardo\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Lombardo<\/a>Published On: March 31st, 2026Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/category\/pressroom\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Pressroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>March 31, 2026- Assemblymember <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/?s=Steven+Raga&amp;post_type%5B%5D=any&amp;search_limit_to_post_titles=0&amp;fs=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Raga<\/a>, a Queens Democrat, and Katy Lasell, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neweconomyproject.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Economy Project<\/a>, make the case for rewriting New York\u2019s consumer protection laws to regulate the latest evolution of payday lenders that are skirting existing restrictions on loans.<\/p>\n<p>Listen On<\/p>\n<p> .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 30 !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) 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