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(800) 342-9835, ext. 8130Congressman Makes a CU Stop
(October 25 - Latham, NY) – During a recent visit to the New York metropolitan area, U.S. Representative James T. Walsh (R-Central New York) visited United Nations FCU (UNFCU) at their new Long Island City location.
Upon arrival, Walsh was given a tour of the new building. He then met with the credit union’s senior management team for an informal roundtable discussion. Topics included regulatory environment, taxation, credit union structure, the CU/bank difference, and Capitol Hill happenings.
The group made a point of extending their many thanks to the Congressman for his strong support of credits unions and his signing on as a co-sponsor of the Credit Union Regulatory Improvement Act (CURIA).
"Congressman Walsh’s support of the credit union movement is truly commendable. We sincerely appreciate the work he does in Congress on behalf of the 89 million credit union members in the US. We were honored to introduce him to UNFCU and our new headquarters in Long Island City, NY." said Michael J. Connery, Jr, president/CEO.
Now in his tenth term, Walsh represents New York’s 25th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is perennially endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, the NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) and others for his stands against government waste and his support of balanced budgets and tax reform.
The visit was organized by the New York State Credit Union League upon learning about the Congressman’s visit to New York’s metropolitan area.
UNFCU is a US $2.55 billion credit union serving the global United Nations community. Ranked 29th in terms of asset size out of nearly 8,500 credit unions in the US and chartered in 1947, UNFCU is celebrating 60 years of "serving the people who serve the world®." UNFCU maintains two full service branches in New York and four representative offices overseas in Vienna, Austria; Geneva Switzerland; Nairobi, Kenya; and Rome, Italy. For more information on UNFCU, please visit www.unfcu.org.
The New York State Credit Union League (NYSCUL) has served as the trade association for the state’s credit unions for 90 years. It is the fifth largest league in the country. New York credit unions have assets of more than $39 billion and 4.2 million members. To learn more about the League, visit www.nyscul.org.
Posing in the lobby of UNFCU’s new Long Island City building are (l-r): President/CEO Michael J. Connery, Jr., Congressman James T. Walsh and Vice President/General Counsel John Lewis, Esq.
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