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Community groups ask New York State Comptroller to halt new investments with TPG, Blackstone over Puerto Rico foreclosures

26th January 2018

Last week, community and Puerto Rican diaspora groups sent a letter to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli asking him to hold off on further investments with private equity firms TPG Capital and Blackstone Group until they halt foreclosures in…

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Newsweek op-ed: Puerto Rico can’t afford another crisis, it needs a moratorium on all foreclosures

26th January 2018

Earlier this week Julio López Varona, the lead signer on recent letters to Blackstone and TPG Capital calling on them to halt foreclosures in Puerto Rico and provide a path for families to stay in their homes, wrote…

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NY Times profiles Blackstone’s role in Puerto Rico foreclosure crisis

17th December 2017

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