NU Online News Service, June 24, 11:20 a.m. EDT

New York City's groundbreaking effort at financial education for the poor, which got off the ground with backing from an insurance charity, is expanding.

The city, it was announced, has opened three Financial Empowerment Centers to provide free financial counseling and education to those with low incomes.

The new bilingual centers, that offer help in English and Spanish, were opened in the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.

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