CSS IN THE MEDIA

New York Times Neediest Cases

• 1/22/08 - The Consequences of Surviving Throat Cancer at 37 (PDF) CSS provided funds to replace a voice box for Peter Broomfield, who lost his voice nearly 20 years ago because of cancer.
  
• 1/19/08 - Behind on the Rent, and Then a Baby Needs Surgery (PDF) CSS helped a family with rent arrears after the cost of surgery to repair a valve in the heart of the 2-month old daughter.
  
• 1/14/08 - On a Fixed Income, and Facing a Financial Disaster (PDF) A retired couple facing financial difficulties came to CSS, which was able to work with a bank to free their funds, applied for and received food stamps, and even recouped three years worth of federal tax refunds.
  
• 1/13/08 - A Recovered Addict Struggles to Keep His Home (PDF) Chemotherapy treatments for lung cancer forced Gabriel Crumity to quit his job. Disability checks did not cover his rent and other expenses.
  CSS was able to provide him with funds for rent arrears, allowing him to save his apartment.
  
• 12/29/07 – A Lesson in Giving (PDF)(editorial) CSS used the Times Neediest Fund to help Alonzo Cobb find a place to live and a temporary job until he was hired as a high school math teacher. It also covered his expenses while he trained for his new job.
• 12/1/07 – Family Bonds That Hurt Also Heal (PDF) Mignon Taylor went through an emotional breakdown after the deaths of her brother and sister. She was unable to work. Unable to navigate the system for health care or employment, she was in danger of eviction until aid at CSS through the Times Neediest Fund.
• 12/27/07 - Therapists Are Leashed, but Affection Is Unbridled (PDF) A CSS volunteer from the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program provides pet therapy visits to hospitals, hospices, and nursing homes throughout Staten Island.
  The Neediest Cases Fund reimburses his travel expenses.
• 12/14/07 - At 89, She Steps Lively in the Name of Volunteerism (PDF) Mary Shalo, a CSS volunteer at the Retired & Volunteer Program since 1985, works at a home for the aged, Meals on Wheels, and the Salvation Army. The Neediest Cases Fund provides her with a small stipend and additional insurance for volunteers.
  

NEWSPAPERS

• 4/21/08 - Gotham Gazette – As City Grows, Affordable Housing Shrinks (PDF) — CSS Housing Analyst Tom Waters writes that housing affordable to New York City’s low-income households is rapidly eroding.  He posits several recommendations to reverse this situation.
• 4/13/08 - New York Times – Where the Other Half Lives: An Insider Works to Bolster the Projects (PDF) — CSS President David R. Jones is quoted about the deficits facing the New York City Housing Authority.
• 4/2/08 - Crain's New York Business – Sacred Cows Fall (PDF) — Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin, CSS Director of New York Healthcare Restructuring Initiatives, is quoted praising a shift in state budget health care funding for charity care.
• 4/1/08 - New York Times - Lending Plan Won Prize, But Will It work Here? (PDF) — CSS President David R. Jones is quoted about the prospects for success in New York City of Grameen Bank, an international organization that provides microloans for small businesses.
• 3/17/08 – Wall Street Journal - Executives Teach Inmates How to Be Employees (PDF) — Hazel Beckles Young-Lao, head of CSS’s planned re-entry for incarcerated adolescents program, is quoted about the Success of the Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO ) program.
• 1/18/08 – Albany Times-Union – A $37M Shot for Kids' Health (PDF) — Spitzer plan helps 70,000 children, goal in 400,000 – In response to the Bush administration's rejection of SCHIP expansion, CSS filed a lawsuit on behalf of New York State children.
• 1/13/08 – New York Daily News – Obama and Clinton Lead On Poverty (PDF) — CSS President David R. Jones is quoted about the misapprehension that welfare reform put an end to poverty and joblessness.
• 1/12/08 – New York Sun – New Coalition to Focus on Universal Health Insurance (PDF) — CSS is one of a list of coalition members of the Health Care for All New York Campaign.
• 12/5/07 – Newsday – Spitzer's approach for health care plan lauded (PDF) — CSS presents its health care plan to expand the state’s programs with the aim of universal coverage.
• 11/4/07 – Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot – Depression Inspired New Ideas for Dropouts (PDF) — The story highlights CSS's research on disconnected youths and its lobbying for a federal program modeled on the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps.
• 11/26/07 – New York Times – Albany Bars Rent Rise for Thousands (PDF) — Story cites a CSS report that 40 percent of Mitchell-Lama rentals in the city have been lost to market rents between 1990 and 2006. 
• 10/23/07 – New York Times – For Love and a Little Money (PDF) — Story about paid volunteerism quotes Shirley Jones, a CSS Experience Corps volunteer, on tutoring children in school.
• 9/20/07 – New York Times – Subsidized Housing Plagued by Neglect and Corruption, Report Says (PDF) — Story about report issued by the state inspector general cites CSS’s estimate that a quarter of the city’s subsidized apartments lost to market rents between 1990 and 2006.
• 9/13/07 – New York Times – Housing Takes Bigger Bite of New Yorkers’ Incomes, Census Data Shows (PDF) — Story cites CSS finding that after paying rent, low-income families in the city are left with only $32 a week per family member for all other expenses.
• 9/12/07 – New York Times – Census Shows More Black Residents Leaving New York and Other Cities (PDF) — Story quotes CSS President David R. Jones that the working poor should be cushioned from the effects of New York City becoming more attractive to non-minority upwardly mobile people.
• 8/29/07 – New York Times – New York’s Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Nation’s Widest, Census Says (PDF) — Story quotes CSS President David R. Jones on the fact that poverty has not diminished in the city.  The competition for low-wage jobs is depressing the income of working class New Yorkers.
• 5/30/07 – New York Times – New Buildings Are Proposed Among Projects (PDF) — Story quotes CSS Senior Housing Policy Analyst Victor Bach on the importance of a high proportion of public housing going to low-income New Yorkers.

RADIO

• 1/30/08 – WNYC Radio 93.9 FM - The Brian Lehrer Show — Interview with Walter Fields, CSS Vice President for Government Relations and Public Affairs. Mr. Fields was interviewed on Senator Edwards announcement about withdrawing from the presidential campaign. He also talked about the CSS survey "The Unheard Third," the Working Cities forum held February 2007, and poverty in New York City.
  
• 1/22/08 – WBAI Radio 99.5 FM — CSS President David R. Jones was a guest on “Wake Up Call” discussing the Mayor Bloomberg’s State of the City address and CSS’s recently released survey, “The Unheard Third.”
  
• 1/22/08 – WNYC Radio 93.9 FM — CSS President David R. Jones discussed the Governor’s budget and CSS’s recently released survey, “The Unheard Third.”
  
• 1/12/08 – 1010 WINS Radio — CSS President David R. Jones was interviewed by John Montone for a three-part series on the presidential candidates and issues surrounding the election. The series ran every three every hours throughout the weekend. Mr. Jones spoke about the Working Cities forums held in 2007 and CSS’s annual survey, “The Unheard Third.”
  
• 1/10/08 – WNYC Radio 93.9 FM — CSS President David R. Jones was interviewed about CSS’s recently released annual survey of low-income New Yorkers, “The Unheard Third.”
  
• 10/6/07 – WBAI 99.5 FM - On the Count: The Prison Criminal & Justice Report — CSS General Counsel Juan Cartagena appeared on the show, focusing on immigrants and the criminal justice system.
  
• 10/3/07 – WNYC - The Brian Lehrer Show: “SCHIP on His Shoulder” (MP3) — CSS Director of New York Healthcare Restructuring Initiatives Elisabeth Benjamin spoke about President Bush’s veto on extension of SCHIP.
  

TELEVISION

• 2/7/08 – www.LCI.fr - France’s primary news station — CSS President David R. Jones was interviewed about the presidential candidates and their platform on healthcare. Mr. Jones focused primarily on the CSS survey “The Unheard Third” and the Working Cities forums held in 2007 and featuring Senators Edwards, Obama, and Clinton.
  

ONLINE

• 1/11/08 – New York Times – Podcast: A Rare Pivotal Primary in New York (PDF) — CSS President David R. Jones remembers earlier New York presidential primaries.  Unlike many others, this year's primary will be very important in deciding the Democratic Party's nominee.