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New Jersey State Senate President Pro Tempore M.Teresa Ruiz earlier today introduced a bill (S1914) to prohibit state investments in companies that target victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, by pursuing foreclosures – either directly or indirectly – during…
The Financial Times’ private equity-focused publication FundFire yesterday had a long article (“Blackstone, TPG Face New Pressure on Puerto Rico Loans” (Paywall)) on efforts by community groups and Puerto Rican diaspora groups to get private equity firms TPG Capital…
In December 2017 and January 2018, community groups and Puerto Rican diaspora groups concerned about TPG Capital’s and The Blackstone Group’s foreclosures in Puerto Rico held protests at TPG’s and Blackstone’s offices. The groups called on Blackstone and TPG…
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…
