From: Ray Bromley [mailto:r.bromley@albany.edu]
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 7:37 PM
To: Comments
Subject: Community Reinvestment -- RIN 3064-AC50
As a specialist in city planning and housing policy, I was dismayed
to see the FDIC's proposal to allow banks with assets above $250
million to be examined as small banks under the Community
Reinvestment Act. This policy will reduce lending, investments,
services and support for low-income and inner-city neighborhoods. I
strongly recommend that the FDIC drop the proposal.
sincerely,
Ray Bromley
Graduate Planning Program Director,
University at Albany, SUNY
Geography & Planning Dept.
Arts & Sciences Building Room 224,
Albany, NY 12222, USA
