Oct 192015
 

Get financially fit at FREE financial planning workshops and individual counseling sessions with experts on credit, housing, mortgages, Medicaid, retirement, saving for college and more. Financial Empowerment Day 2015 is Friday, Oct. 23rd, at the New York Public Library’s Business Library, in the SIBL branch on 34th Street and Madison Avenue.

Financial Empowerment Day identifies financial issues that all of us New Yorkers are concerned about. Those financial issues include investing, retirement, saving for college, wills and health directives and more, to help New Yorkers of any age get smarter about our finances and improve our financial future.

Workshops and classes are taught by financial experts from the Office of Financial Empowerment, the SEC, Financial Planning Association of New York and other financial agencies. Click here for the workshop schedule.

Workshops begin at 10am and there are opportunities to meet one-on-one throughout the day with financial consultants, who can address personal issues, such as reducing credit card debt, buying a home, or managing finances following job loss, retirement, or unemployment.

Note: There is no advance registration.

Also on hand will be experts from the following financial and legal organizations New York City and New York State government agencies:

AARP Foundation, City Bar Justice Center, Department of Labor, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Financial Planning Association of New York, Medicare, New York City Housing Preservation & Development, NYC Office of Financial Empowerment, NYS Department of State, NYPL Job Search Central, Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access, Office of New York State Attorney General, Office of the State Comptroller, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security Administration, U.S. Small Business Administration
The NYPL Science Industry and Business Library is at 188 Madison Avenue. Visit www.nypl.org/fpd for more information, and remember to bring an old-fashioned pen and notebook or new-fashioned tabled or other device to take notes.

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