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State Needs to Step Up and Fix Child Care
Policy from the Ground Up: Jobs and Justice in NYC Public Housing
CSS and Red Hook Initiative organized a panel and workshop involving public housing residents, elected officials, and advocates. In our discussions, we explored the ways that unemployment, workforce development, and criminal justice policies and programs are impacting residents of public housing in Red Hook and across the city.
A Familiar American Practice: Suppressing The Black and Brown Vote
Testimony: Increasing MCCAP’s Funding in FY25
CSS urges the City Council to increase funding for the NYC Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program (MCCAP) to $2.3 million in the FY25 budget. This investment is urgently needed to respond adequately to an increased demand for services related to end of the public health insurance continuous enrollment provision.
Realizing the Promise of Fair Fares
Press Release: CSS Report: New Yorkers Struggle to Afford Mass Transit; Expanding Fair Fares Can Help
Testimony: Transit Hardship Among New Yorkers
Nearly one in five New Yorkers are struggling to afford public transit.
State Police, National Guard in Subway is Misguided
Explaining the Trouble in Multifamily Finance: Landlords Bet Big on Displacement, and Now Seek Government Relief in the Form of Rising Rents
Testimony: Homes Now, Homes for Generations
Testimony: New York City’s Housing Emergency
Press Release: Loan Servicer Revoking Forgiveness Puts New York’s Student Loan Borrowers at Risk: Servicers Must Be Held Accountable for Their Mistakes
Holding Donald Trump Accountable
Bill Requiring Recording of Police Stops is About Accountability
Governor’s Proposal to Cancel Insulin Copays is Just What the Doctor Ordered
Mapping How New York’s Hospitals Sue Vulnerable Patients: An Update
New York hospitals have sued over 80,000 New Yorkers for medical debt since 2015. Explore our hospital-level analysis.
Testimony to the NYS Legislature Joint Budget Hearing on Higher Education
Testimony on student loan debt by Carolina Rodriguez, Director of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program (EDCAP), Community Service Society of New York.