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Criminalizing Poverty: The MTA’s False Fare Evasion Narrative
"The MTA has been pushing a false fare evasion narrative. The narrative goes like this: fare evasion is on the rise, and there is no excuse for it. Fare evasion is costing the MTA inordinate amounts of money. The “problem” of fare evasion can be policed away..."
Student Loan Debt: A $90 Billion Crisis We Cannot Ignore
Testimony: NYS Senate Hearing on Housing and Building Codes
Press Release: State Attorney General’s Probe of Subway Policing: Right on Time
Campaign to End Medical Debt Gains Steam in Cuomo’s State of the State
Press Release: Statement: Community Service Society Praises Governor Cuomo for his Proposal to Require Paid Sick Leave Statewide, Announced in his 2020 State of the State Address
Democratic Presidential Candidates Must Take Poverty Head-on
Survey: Public Still Unaware of Paid Sick Day Law
Press Release: CSS President and CEO David R. Jones Applauds Governor Cuomo’s Proposal to Protect Consumers from Abusive Debt Collectors
Press Release: Why I am Voting “No” on the MTA Operating Budget
Time for New York to Take Up Clean Slate Program
Why New York City needs more public outreach to raise awareness of the right to paid sick time
Testimony: Combating Rising Health Care Costs
Testimony: Automatic Expungement and Clean Slate NY
Press Release: Legal Action Center and Community Service Society of New York Launch Clean Slate New York
Stop Depending on Police to Address the Poor: Expand Fair Fares
Testimony: Strengthening Rent Control in Jersey City
Testimony to the Jersey City council sharing lessons learned from New York's passage of the Home Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and insight on strengthening rent regulations.