How Do New Yorkers Feel About the City’s Benefit System?
To learn about people’s experiences interacting with the public benefits system, we surveyed New Yorkers about the difficulties they encountered when applying.
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Testimony: The Rent Guidelines Board’s Data Supports a Rent Freeze in 2025
Albany can stand up to Trump by defending and funding the MTA
The Trump Administration’s Reckless Assault on Public Health
Press Release: RGB Reports Make the Case for a Rent Freeze
Testimony: Lessons from New York on How Rent Regulation Can Strengthen Housing Stability in Washington State
New York’s experience with rent regulation demonstrates its effectiveness in promoting housing stability, preventing displacement, and ensuring affordability—offering key lessons for Washington State as it considers HB 1217.
Testimony: Hunger and Food Insecurity in New York City
Press Release: New Report: New York’s Unfair Property Tax System on its 50th Birthday
Albany can stand up to Trump by defending and funding the MTA
Press Release: First RGB Report of 2025 Shows Landlords’ Incomes Rise While Tenants Struggle
Testimony: Ensuring Housing Stability and Equity in New York City’s FY26 Budget
To uphold its commitment to housing stability, New York City must fully fund Right to Counsel, expand social housing programs, and prioritize tenant protections in the FY26 budget.
An Unjust Policy That Cost NYC Millions of Dollars in State Public Health Funding
Press Release: CSS and Altarum Release New Statewide Healthcare Affordability Survey
Testimony: Expanding Transit Access and Equity Through Fair Fares
Launched five years ago, Fair Fares provides discounted MetroCards to and has been a game-changer for thousands of city residents, connecting them to jobs, training opportunities, medical care, social events, and so much more.
Testimony: Reforms to Improve Public Benefits Access
We shared findings from our recent research before the NYC Council General Welfare Committee to highlight some of the core challenges within our public benefits system that are adversely impacting New Yorkers.
Cruel GOP Medicaid Cuts Dire for All New Yorkers
Testimony: New York Needs Public Banks to Combat Discrimination in Lending
Widespread support for public banking among New Yorkers underscores the urgent need for government-chartered financial institutions to address ongoing discrimination and inequities in the current banking system.
Testimony: Fully Fund the City Commission on Human Rights to Fight Discrimination in Housing and Workplace
We urge the City Council and the City administration to adequately fund and staff the Commission at the levels necessary to ensure effective and efficient enforcement of city laws
Press Release: CSS Joins Anti-Poverty Rally That Brings Hundreds to the State Capitol
The Climate Bond Act Has Ignored Public Housing
In November 2022, New Yorkers approved a ballot measure known as the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act (Bond Act for short) to make $4.2 billion available for projects tackling environmental and climate change. Fast forward two years, and only 11 percent of that funding has been spent.