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Testimony: Boost Homeownership Through Social Housing
The Crisis in Black Maternal Mortality
Latest Census Data Shows Poverty Remains Stubbornly High in New York City
According to the latest American Community Survey (ACS) data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty rate in New York City remained unchanged at 18.2 percent in 2023. This is the third consecutive year since 2019 when the poverty rate held steady.
End Apartheid in Admissions to NYC’s Elite High Schools
Conservative Blueprint Aims To Turn The Clock Back
Will the Mayor’s New FDNY Chief Embrace Diversity, or Put the Brakes on it?
Press Release: Corporate Landlords Are Finding New Ways to Discriminate Against Voucher Holders To Evade Enforcement
Press Release: State Supreme Court Ruling Puts More Vulnerable New Yorkers at Risk of Homelessness and Eviction
Our Analysis of NYC’s Fiscal Year 2025 Adopted Budget
The New York City Council passed the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), the largest in the city’s history at $112.4 billion. In this brief, we assess how the programs we champion fared in the Adopted Budget.
Press Release: CSS Report Exposes Worsening Conditions for all Low-Income Renters in NYC and Conducts the First Citywide RAD/PACT Survey
For more than a decade, public housing has become synonymous with poor housing conditions. However, using data from its latest Unheard Third survey, “The Other Housing Crisis” reveals the reality that poor housing conditions are not just a NYCHA problem but a low-income housing problem in New York City.
Press Release: New CSS Report finds New Yorkers with Student Debt Face Unrelenting Hardships Despite the Promise of Upward Mobility
Press Release: CSS Report Examines Local Outreach Methods to Increase Health Insurance Enrollment
Harlem Activists Aim to Tap The Brakes On Columbia Expansion
The Bronx’s Uneven Post-Pandemic Recovery is Failing Low-Income Residents
FARE is Fair: Low-Income Tenants Shouldn’t Have to Pay a Broker Their Landlord Hired
Press Release: CSS Statement on FY 2025 City Budget
Press Release: CSS Analysis: City’s Proposed Expansion of Fair Fares Will Open Up Program to Nearly 200,000 Additional Working-Age New Yorkers
Press Release: New CSS Report: “A Call to Action,” Highlights Persistent Hardships As the Bronx Recovers Slower Than the City Overall
A new Community Service Society of New York (CSS) report analyzing hardships in the Bronx found that while the borough has added jobs and opened new businesses at a faster pace than the rest of the city in the post-pandemic era, it is recovering at a slower pace compared to the rest of the city with respect to overcoming economic, health and housing hardships.
The Cost of Killing Congestion Pricing
Congestion pricing, which was approved by New York State lawmakers in 2019, is designed to discourage the use of cars in one of the world’s most traffic-clogged urban centers, reduce dangerous carbon emissions and remove some 143,000 vehicles from midtown Manhattan.