CSS’s 2021 Unheard Third Survey—the longest running survey of low-income communities in the nation—finds that a sizeable majority of New York City residents support clearing conviction histories after seven years, notably across political affiliations, race/ethnicity and gender, and across incomes.
We believe this is an urgent, one-time opportunity for the state to create a public-benefit corporation with the potential to access the full capital funding NYCHA needs to address its $40 billion backlog in infrastructural repairs and restore decent conditions to all of New York City’s public housing residents.
The choice is simple: We can spend our public money on maintaining homelessness through thousands more street sweeps, or we can spend our public money on housing and social supports.
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.
As New York City continues its recovery process, CSS housing analyst Oksana Mironova provides seven recommendations to the NYC Council Committee on Housing and Buildings.