Workforce

For most New Yorkers, work is essential to our financial security—but today's jobs often come with wages, working conditions, and on-the-job benefits that aren't enough to truly get ahead. Through our research, services, and advocacy, CSS is opening doors to good-paying jobs and greater financial stability for working New Yorkers. Today, New York workers have paid sick and family leave because of CSS and our partners. Through our research and collaborative efforts, we raised awareness of the widespread lack of paid leave—and the negative impact it has across economic security, public health, and more. We also work toward better wages and worker protections across sectors, from restaurant workers to workers in the gig economy and more, and we helped enact crucial legislation protecting New Yorkers against conviction records-based job discrimination.