Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2022-090441-018392

Fri Oct 28 13:17:06 PDT 2022

Okay. Thank you.

Gunnar

Gunnar Larson
xNY.io - Bank.org
646-454-9107

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 2:14 PM Meltzer, Edward B (DFS) <
Edward.Meltzer at dfs.ny.gov> wrote:

> Hello,
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> That is the record description for FOIL request #2022-090441. Thank you.
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> *Edward Meltzer*
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> Legal Assistant
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> *New York State Department of Financial Services, Office of General
> Counsel*
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> One State Street Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10004-1511
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> *Edward.Meltzer at dfs.ny.gov <Edward.Meltzer at dfs.ny.gov>*
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> (212) 480-7766
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> *From:* Gunnar Larson <g at xny.io>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2022 4:05 PM
> *To:* Meltzer, Edward B (DFS) <Edward.Meltzer at dfs.ny.gov>
> *Cc:* cypherpunks <cypherpunks at lists.cpunks.org>; Alexi Anania <a at xny.io>
> *Subject:* Re: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request
> FOIL-2022-090441-018392
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> *ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open
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> Hello:
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> Thank you.
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> When possible today, can you please confirm the below description of this
> FOIL is correct?
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> 2022-090441: “Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to receive any and all
> records concerning
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> NAACP, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and PayPal collusion, where facts and
> figures beg the question of coordinated systematic racism associated with
> PayPal's conditional Bitlicense award.
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> We would like to receive any records that would indicate NY-DFS' insights
> into both PayPal and
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> Wells Fargo partnering to organize a clear scheme to profit off of New
> York's minority population (according to the details below). We would like
> to receive any and all records that indicate New York State NOT choosing to
> ignore the relevant facts associated with this matter.
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> Furthermore, we would like to receive any and all records that indicate
> the New York State Retirement Fund is not being leveraged as a key investor
> in the associated scheme.
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> Below kindly find detail that supports this records request: *March 11,
> 2022:* Bloomberg reported that Wells
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> Fargo approved fewer than half of Black applicants were approved by the
> biggest bank mortgage lender:
> https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-wells-fargo-black-home-loan-
> <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fgraphics%2F2022-wells-fargo-black-home-loan-&data=05%7C01%7CEdward.Meltzer%40dfs.ny.gov%7Cdd1a5c54d6a5404419a908dab9176899%7Cf46cb8ea79004d108ceb80e8c1c81ee7%7C0%7C0%7C638025807441900780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=luQYKGAAb2tTGLX1tRR1z6zc8ouaegtF730MgjWT9Ng%3D&reserved=0>refinancing/
> *August 19, 2021:*
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> Wells Fargo Launches Passive Bitcoin Fund for Wealthy Clients,
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> minority and low income clients excluded:
> https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/wells-fargo-
> <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasdaq.com%2Farticles%2Fwells-fargo-&data=05%7C01%7CEdward.Meltzer%40dfs.ny.gov%7Cdd1a5c54d6a5404419a908dab9176899%7Cf46cb8ea79004d108ceb80e8c1c81ee7%7C0%7C0%7C638025807441900780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Jtt4d9swYmmKZMuMOQsxhVOF1sDds9CHCZYTFU0FDQE%3D&reserved=0>
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> launches-passive-bitcoin-fund-for-wealthy-clients-2021-08-19 *
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> October 22, 2020:
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> *PayPal first
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> to receive NY conditional virtual currency 'Bitlicense.' PayPal Inc.
> became the first firm to receive
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> a conditional virtual currency license from the New York State Department
> of Financial
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> Services*: *
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> https://today.westlaw.com/Document/Ib5cd5e2f149c11ebbea4f0dc9fb69570/View/FullText.ht
> <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftoday.westlaw.com%2FDocument%2FIb5cd5e2f149c11ebbea4f0dc9fb69570%2FView%2FFullText.ht&data=05%7C01%7CEdward.Meltzer%40dfs.ny.gov%7Cdd1a5c54d6a5404419a908dab9176899%7Cf46cb8ea79004d108ceb80e8c1c81ee7%7C0%7C0%7C638025807441900780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2RKdJJkA4canKLzxGDup21iQemh6O1AWKL%2BwK1sThwg%3D&reserved=0>
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> ml?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0 *July
> 23, 2021, Wells
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> Fargo Stock Ownership: * Ownership (NYS:WFC) Total Shares Outstanding 13F
> Ownership # of
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> 13 Holders Insider Ownership 4,107,998,274.00 77.05% 2,062.00 0.12% Top 10
> 13F Holders 13F
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> Holders % Total Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current
> Shares Market Value
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> (B), USD New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.26% 0.46% 10,617,151
> $414.81M New
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> York State Teachers Retirement System 0.13% 0.44% 5,219,084 $203.91M Bank
> of New York
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> Mellon Corp 0.77% 0.25% 31,624,345 $1.24B *July 23, 2021, PayPal Stock
> Ownership: *
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> Ownership (NAS:PYPL) Total Shares Outstanding 13F Ownership # of 13
> Holders Insider Ownership 1,174,728,054.00 86.69% 2,661.00 6.11% Top 10 13F
> Holders 13F Holders % Total
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> Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current Shares Market
> Value (B), USD Bank of
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> New York Mellon Corp 0.97% 0.57% 11,452,187 $2.78B Goldman Sachs Group Inc
> 0.64% 0.46%
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> 7,554,169 $1.83B Wells Fargo & Co 0.64% 0.41% 7,465,572 $1.81B New York
> State Common
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> Retirement Fund 0.20% 0.62% 2,317,196 $562.71M New York State Teachers
> Retirement
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> System 0.13% 0.80% 1,521,757 $369.54M” Expected due date: 10.28.22.
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> Thank you,
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> Gunnar
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> Gunnar Larson
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> xNY.io - Bank.org
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> 646-454-9107
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> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 1:57 PM <Edward.Meltzer at dfs.ny.gov> wrote:
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> Good afternoon,
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> Attached please find correspondence from the NYS Department of Financial
> Services, pertaining to your FOIL request.
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> Thank you.
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> Tracking Number:FOIL-2022-090441-018392
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