{"id":16522,"date":"2018-04-25T12:33:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T16:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16522"},"modified":"2018-04-25T12:33:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T16:33:23","slug":"dfs-memo-on-doing-business-with-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16522","title":{"rendered":"DFS memo on doing business with NRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Governor Cuomo<\/a> announced he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-guns-new-york\/new-york-governor-presses-banks-insurers-to-weigh-risk-of-nra-ties-idUSKBN1HR04P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encouraging banks to review their relationship<\/a> with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NRA<\/a> and firearms industry:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; The governor directed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfs.ny.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York\u2019s Department of Financial Services<\/a> to urge state-chartered banks and the more than 1,400 insurers it regulates to review whether their ties to the NRA and similar groups sends the \u201cwrong message\u201d to clients and communities. \u201cThis is not just a matter of reputation, it is a matter of public safety,\u201d Cuomo said in a statement &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"..\/files\/DFS-Memo-NRA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a PDF copy<\/a> of the memorandum.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D16522&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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