FEC
NYC Financial Empowerment Centers
In short
Free one-on-one professional financial counseling: debt, credit, banking, budgeting, benefits-cliff questions. Anyone living/working in NYC.
- What you get
- Free one-on-one professional financial counseling: debt, credit, banking, budgeting, benefits-cliff questions.
- Who qualifies
- Anyone living/working in NYC.
- Income limit (2026)
- none
- Papers to gather
- Bills/credit info.
- Renewal
- n/a
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