We urge the NYC Council to reject Lenox Hill Hospital’s $2.5 billion expansion, arguing it worsens health inequities by investing in an already well-resourced area instead of underserved communities.
This testimony NYC Council to pass a package of bills that would empower community land trusts and expand social housing, ensuring long-term affordability over land and housing in New York City.
Increasing rent for long-term CityFHEPS voucher holders would harm low-income residents while yielding negligible savings and potentially even increasing costs in the homeless shelter system.
Unless leaders in our state take action, a dreadful housing catastrophe is set to thunder across New York later this year, which is all but certain to force thousands of families from their homes and destabilize the affordable housing industry.
We urge the NYC Council to pass Intros 431 and 408, expanding access to street vendor licenses, ensuring regulatory compliance, and establishing a Division of Street Vendor Assistance.
At a Banking Designation hearing by the NYC Banking Commission, we urged the city to invest in a public bank that meets the needs of New Yorkers who are struggling to gain economic security.
We are urging the U.S. Department of Education to preserve and strengthen IDR and PSLF programs, warning that proposed rollbacks would deepen financial distress for millions of borrowers.