Citizens Bank cuts ties with ICE, activists push for stronger commitment

About 15 demonstrators gathered Friday afternoon, July 17, outside the Citizens Bank’s Great Neck branch on Middle Neck Road, celebrating what organizers called a major step forward while pressing the bank to fully sever all ties with two private prison companies.

The hourlong rally, organized by the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition, came just hours after Citizens Bank announced it would exit its current lending relationships with private prison operators CoreCivic and The GEO Group.