NEWARK - Provident Bank and New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) have been working together for the past three years to reverse the bank’s past discriminatory redlining practices in Newark and implement home buyer education outreach. The NJCA, however, fears that these initiatives could soon come to an end.

The Trump administration's Department of Justice filed a motion to terminate a consent order with Lakeland Bank (now Provident Bank), a $13 million settlement reached in response to Lakeland’s alleged discriminatory redlining practices targeting people of color in and around Newark.

In response, NJCA’s sister organization, New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund (NJCAEF), filed an affidavit for an amicus brief in federal court on Monday to halt the termination.

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