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Rising Black Unemployment Demands An Urgent Local Response
Press Release: Joint Statement By David R. Jones and Laura Kavanagh on Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s Choice to Lead FDNY
NYC Schools Should Be High on Mamdani’s Priority List
Trump’s Dangerous Retreat from Minority Health Research
Press Release: New CSS Report Finds New Yorkers of All Income Levels Are Struggling with Financial Precarity
Health Initiatives RFP: Keep New York Covered (KNYC) 2026
The Community Service Society (CSS) invites non-profit community-based enrollment organizations to participate in a unique opportunity to receive funding for outreach and marketing of enrollment services through the grant-funded Keep New York Covered (KNYC) project.
Press Release: New CSS Report Identifies Barriers to Student Loan Repayment and Offers Solutions
NYC Schools Should Be High on Mamdani’s Priority List
Testimony: Ensure Fair, Transparent Co-op Access for All New Yorkers
Ensuring fair access to co-ops gives more working- and middle-class New Yorkers a meaningful chance to build wealth and stability. CSS strongly urges the NYC Council to pass Intro 407.
Press Release: CSS Represented on Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s Transition Committees
Press Release: CSS Applauds Governor and State Legislature for Banning Inhaler Cost-Sharing
A New Chapter for New York Begins in Puerto Rico
Eric Adams’ Tumultuous Mayoralty
Testimony: NYC Must Maintain Universal Short-Term Rental Regulations
CSS senior policy analyst Samuel Stein warns that proposed legislation opening one- and two-family homes to unregulated short-term rentals would fuel tenant displacement, inflate property values, and undermine housing affordability for New Yorkers.
Testimony: Expanding Fair Fares to Reflect the True Cost of Living in New York City
CSS VP of Policy, Research & Advocacy Rachel Swaner calls on the Council to expand Fair Fares eligibility to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level to better meet the urgent transportation needs of financially struggling New Yorkers.
Press Release: Community Service Society Congratulates Zohran Mamdani on His Historic Victory
Testimony: Right to Counsel Has Proven Its Impact — Now It’s Time to Fully Fund It
Evictions in New York City have dropped nearly 50% since the launch of Right to Counsel in 2017.