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Helping New Yorkers Get Through COVID-19
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Answers for NYC Residents: COVID-19 Resources from the Benefits Plus Learning Center
The experts at BPLC have published comprehensive guides on how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting government resources and services.
Press Release: CSS Applauds Gov. Cuomo, State Sen. Rivera and Assembly Member Gottfried for Their First-in-the-Nation Efforts to Protect Undocumented Immigrants during COVID-19 Outbreak
Press Release: Statement: State Leaders Deserve Praise for Enacting COVID-19 Paid Leave; Now Swift Action Needed on Permanent Sick Leave
How will the candidates’ housing plans affect New York City?
Throughout the 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign, candidates have paid an unprecedented amount of attention to housing. We have analyzed the proposals of ten candidates to determine how they would impact New York City.
Statement: Averting a Student Loan Default Crisis Brought on by COVID-19
NY Steps Up to Help Hourly Employees, Working Poor Hit Hard By COVID-19
Press Release: CSS Statement: NYC Should Close Housing Courts, Place A Moratorium on Evictions in Response to COVID-19
Press Release: Despite State Funding to Treat the Poor, NY’s Nonprofit Hospitals Filed More Than 30,000 Lawsuits Against Patients from 2015 to 2019
Testimony: Coronvavirus and Paid Sick Days Awareness
Testimony: Expanding Housing Rights
Press Release: Statement: CSS Applauds Governor Cuomo’s Directive on Coronavirus
Testimony: Hearing to Examine Issues Related to Homelessness, Housing Insecurity, and Affordable Housing, and Identify Potential Legislative Remedies
Testimony to the New York State Senate in support of Home Stability Support and the Housing Access Voucher Program.
Press Release: Statement: One Thing the Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Agree On: Dramatic Expansions of Rent Assistance. But is Anyone Paying Attention?
Right to Counsel and Stronger Rent Laws Helped Reduce Evictions in 2019
Thanks to New York City's pathbreaking Right to Counsel law, by 2022, all low-income tenants facing an eviction in housing court will have a right to an attorney. Early results of the program's implementation are positive, showing a marked rise in legal representation in RTC zip codes and a promising decline in evictions.
Testimony: Expand Right to Counsel to Moderate-Income New Yorkers
Rezoning rich and poor neighborhoods are two different things
How Social Is That Housing?
In the second part of our series, we explore how existing housing models in New York City meet the social housing goals of long-term affordability, social equality, and resident control.
Social Housing in the U.S.
As New York State housing advocates call for a long-term commitment to 600,000 units of "social housing" statewide, we break down social housing’s main elements and explore the policies that can support its growth.