Stacy Cowley

Journalist (New York)
Consumer finance reporter at the New York Times.

Links: @StacyCowley | (Current as of: January 26, 2017)


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Behind the Lucrative Assembly Line of Student Debt Lawsuits

Stacy Cowley, Jessica Silver-Greenberg
New York Times (NYT)
November 13, 2017
The tide of rising defaults has also turned into a lucrative business, with companies collecting tens of millions of dollars through settlements, wage garnishments and other compelled payments.

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As Paperwork Goes Missing, Private Student Loan Debts May Be Wiped Away

Stacy Cowley, Jessica Silver-Greenberg
New York Times (NYT)
July 17, 2017
The troubled loans, which total at least $5 billion, are at the center of a protracted legal dispute between the student borrowers and a group of creditors who have aggressively pursued them in court after they fell behind on payments.

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Foreclosure Prevention Returns to the Unknown

Stacy Cowley
New York Times (NYT)
January 25, 2017
After an eight-year run, a troubled government effort to prevent foreclosures and keep struggling borrowers in their homes came to an end last month. What happens next will be laboratory experiment.



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