Dear Mr. Larson:
Pursuant to your FOIL appeal, please see the attachment.
Siaka Paasewe
Records Access Officer
NYS Division of Human Rights
One Fordham Plaza, 4th Floor
Bronx, NY 10458
718-741-8422
718-741-8256 [Fax]
From: Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 6:50 PM
To: Paasewe, Siaka (DHR) <Siaka.Paasewe@dhr.ny.gov>
Cc: dhr.dl.foil <foil@dhr.ny.gov>; cypherpunks <cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org>
Subject: Re: Open FOIL NY Request From : Gunnar Larson : 2021 Apple Card Report
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Okay. Thank you.
We would like to appeal this result. DHR issued five extensions to the FOIL request. Furthermore, from the time of the initial FOIL request, Apple Card has been subject to several reports of human rights abuses:
Goldman Hit With Probe Into Credit-Card Business by CFPB https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-04/goldman-says-cfpb-probing-credit-card-billing-refund-practices
Please confirm receipt of this email.
Gunnar
Gunnar Larson
xNY.io - Bank.org
646-454-9107
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 6:39 PM Paasewe, Siaka (DHR) <Siaka.Paasewe@dhr.ny.gov> wrote:
Dear Mr. Larson:
Pursuant to your request below, please see the attachment.
Siaka Paasewe
Records Access Officer
NYS Division of Human Rights
One Fordham Plaza, 4th Floor
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 741-8422
(718) 741-8256 [Fax]
From: noreply-openfoil@its.ny.gov <its.sm.openfoil@its.ny.gov>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2022 9:04 PM
To: dhr.dl.foil <foil@dhr.ny.gov>; records.access@exec.ny.gov; dfs.sm.RecordsAccessOfficer <recordsaccessofficer@dfs.ny.gov>
Subject: Open FOIL NY Request From : Gunnar Larson : 2021 Apple Card Report
New FOIL Request for Division of Human Rights, Executive Chamber, Department of Financial Services
Submitted on: 3/27/2022 9:04:01 PM
Request Confirmation Number :
LARSON_DHR_20220327210401303
LARSON_EXEC_20220327210401303
LARSON_DFS_20220327210401303
INFORMATION SUBMITTED:
Title
First Name
Gunnar
Middle Initial
Last Name
Larson
Telephone
(646) 454-9107
Fax
Affiliation/Organization
xNY.io
Street Address 1
Street Address 2
City
State
NY
Zip Code
10001
Country
USA
Short Title
2021 Apple Card Report
Description
Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to receive any and all records, relating to NY-DFS' 2021 Apple Card Investigation. This is one part of a broader discussion we must have about equal credit access. On March 23, 2021, Ms. Linda Lacewell published NY-DFS' Findings on Apple Card and its Underwriter Goldman Sachs Bank. As the former Superintendent of NY-DFS, Ms. Lacewell's stone faced propaganda assured that Apple Card did not discriminate against women, while under Goldman Sachs management. The red flags started to appear when an authorized user drew attention to the following: A person who relies on a spouse's access to credit, and only accesses those accounts as an authorized user, may incorrectly believe they have the same credit profile as the spouse. We recently collated 61 highlights to the Report on Apple Card Investigation from March 2021: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xH16OKyuXzB-MVqIznMWDE9w8RRdmZCw/view The Apple Card investigation was to assess women's access to equitable finance. The integrity of the Apple Card investigation must be rationally considered as flawed. We would like to receive any and all records of Ms. Linda Lacewell's (emails, texts, and similar) involvement with the 2021 Apple Card report. We would like to receive any and all records to NY-DFS association to evaluating Ms. Linda Lacewell's ability to score a report specific to the Apple Card's core subject of credit access for women. Finally, we would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS guidance on Interlocking Directorates (https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/banks_and_trusts/other/Permission_for_Interlocking_Directors_and_Officers), specific to Apple's Board of Directors and Goldman Sachs' Board of Directors. Thank you, Gunnar Larson
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