News — Economic Mobility & Security
Press Release: State Budget Funds Important Investments in Health Coverage, Consumer Assistance Programs and Child Care, But Serious Issues Remain
Two years since the the beginning of the pandemic and an economic recession that disproportionately impacted low-income Black and brown residents, Governor Hochul and the State Legislature last Friday announced a budget agreement that advances important investments.
Testimony: Low-Wage Immigrant Workers and the COVID-19 Recovery
Immigrants make up around 43 percent of the city’s four-million strong workforce. While they are employed in a wide range of industries, they comprise a majority of the frontline essential workers who continued to operate in-person throughout the pandemic.
What Does Congestion Pricing Mean for Outer-Borough New Yorkers in Poverty?
As the MTA reviews the environmental benefits of congestion pricing, including its prospective effects on low-income communities and people of color, we have updated our 2017 analysis using more current 2015-2019 American Community Survey Five-Year data available from the Census Bureau.
Testimony: Fair Fares Can Be The Game Changer New Yorkers Desperately Need
Transit affordability is one of the lower hanging fruits on the path to an inclusive recovery. Fair Fares is an incredibly small fraction of the city’s budget, but will improve hundreds of thousands of lives, if not over a million lives should the program be expanded to reflect true poverty in NYC.
Six Ways to Boost Recovery in the City’s Black Communities
Testimony: Formalizing the Street Vending Industry in Large Cities
Street vendors are New York State’s smallest businesses, and they are an essential part of New York City’s cultural ecosystem and economy. Nearly 20,000 entrepreneurs, primarily immigrants, people of color, military veterans and women, are engaged in street vending, many existing as part of a shadow economy of workers unable to acquire necessary business licensing to legitimize their business.
Mass Transit as an Economic Equalizer: The Case for Expanding and Investing in Fair Fares
Our mass transit system can be our city’s great economic equalizer, an engine for upward mobility, and a key to jumpstarting an inclusive recovery. It is more important than ever to strengthen Fair Fares and ensure eligible New Yorkers are enrolled.
The Post-Pandemic Future of NYC Through the Eyes of Low-Income New Yorkers
Federal Student Loans: What to Expect and How to Prepare for Payment Resumption
Public Service Loan Forgiveness: How to Prepare for FedLoan Servicing’s Departure
Press Release: NYS Business and Labor Leaders Call For Passage Of Clean Slate Legislation
Essential or Expendable? A Profile of Essential Workers and their Hardships Battling the Pandemic and Recession
Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on Issues That Matter Most to Low-Income New Yorkers
The Missing Recovery: Government Relief Out of Reach for New Yorkers Who Need it the Most
The Pandemic Economy: COVID-19 Fallout Continues to Hit Low-Income New Yorkers the Hardest
EDCAP Director Carolina Rodriguez Receives Woman of Distinction Award
Economic Inequities Grow As COVID-19 Recession Takes Hold
Managing Student Loans Amid the Coronavirus
Get updates from the federal and NY State level for student loan borrowers.