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Welcome Journalists!

The Community Service Society is dedicated to the widest possible distribution of the research, policy reports, and survey information it publishes. An important part of our mission is to help journalists find the CSS data they need for their stories and to give them the background to put our data into context.

Our Communications Department is responsible for informing three primary audiences: the media, government officials and the general public. The goal of the department is to educate and influence media, government and civic leadership and public opinion to better understand issues affecting New York City’s working poor. Through effective communication of CSS’s policy agenda we work toward the implementation of policy priorities supporting access to affordable housing, jobs and health care.

The Media Relations unit of the Communications Department coordinates all written and verbal correspondence with the media, manages CSS’s electronic media properties and serves as the point of contact for information about the agency to external audiences. The department also supports the agency’s Chief Executive Officer in his role as CSS’s principal spokesperson through the preparation of materials and coordination of speaking engagements, and other activities in which he is engaged on behalf of the organization.

If you would like help using CSS data or an interview with our policy and program experts, executive leadership, or constituents, please e-mail or telephone the following:



Tracy Munford
Director of Communications
Department of Government Relations & Public Affai
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212.614.5538
tmunford@cssny.org



Walter Fields
Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs
212.614.5453.
wfields@cssny.org
Update

CSS responds to Governor David Paterson's 2009 "State of the State" Address, delivered January 7, 2009.


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Sen. Barack Obama appears at the CSS/SEIU "Working Cities Forum" and discusses the plight of disconnected youth.
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pdf Shorted Renters: Circuit Breaker Property Tax Relief for Low-Income Renters
A December 2008 report looks at the need for property tax relief for renters in New York State.

pdf Closing the Door: Subsidized Housing Losses in a Weakened Market
The 2008 report on the subsidized housing market in New York City

pdf Closing the Door 2008 (Summary)
A summary of the 2008 report on the subsidized housing market in New York City

pdf Real Property Tax Budget Implementation and the STAR Programs
Testimony of Victor Bach, CSS Senior Housing Analyst, Assembly Standing Committee on Real Property Taxation, December 10, 2008

pdf Mapping Poverty in New York City
Pinpointing the impact of poverty, community by community

pdf Out of Focus
A report on the status of public funding to reconnect youth to education and employment in New York City

pdf Making the Rent: Who's at Risk (2008)
Rent-income stresses and housing hardships among low-income New Yorkers

pdf Making the Rent: Who's at Risk: Summary (2008)
Rent-income stresses and housing hardships among low-income New Yorkers

pdf Cornerstone for Coverage Statewide Poll
January 2008 release of statewide polling data

pdf CSS Annual Report 2007


pdf CSS Annual Report 2006


pdf CSS Annual Report 2005