A Queens councilman yesterday called for a summit between banks and city officials to find a way to get financial institutions into low-income areas.
“We’re living in a two-tiered city,” Democrat Eric Gioia said at a news conference at 32nd Street and Park Avenue, where there are six banks.
In a recent study, Gioia said, his office found that the city has eight ZIP codes without a bank.
One way to bring banks to these areas is to aggressively market vacant retail spaces to banks and credit unions, the councilman said.