A bill pending in Albany—the Ounce of Prevention Act—would reform the state's Hospital Financial Assistance Law to make the process of applying for financial aid simpler and more accessible for low-income patients.
In 2017, NYC became the first city in the country to implement a Right to Counsel law. The data shows that RTC has been extremely effective in bringing down eviction rates.
A letter from advocates calling on Governor Hocul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie to fund emergency rental assistance for public housing residents.
The FDNY should raise revenue for its services through the annual budget process so that the cost of ambulances services is borne fairly across tax payers by income, not regressively imposing the same rate for a retail worker as for an investment banker.
Today, an extraordinarily diverse group of 61 organizations representing patients, religious leaders, labor organizations, people who are older, have disabilities, immigrants and people of color, and more called on elected officials to include the Ounce of Prevention Act in the State budget.
Last week, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams added her voice to the call for expanding the reach of the City’s half-priced transit discount program, Fair Fares, to include New Yorkers whose incomes are just above the program’s income eligibility cut-off.
New York City is failing to tap the full potential of Fair Fares. That’s because the current Fair Fares cut-off is too low and leaves out too many New Yorkers who still struggle every day to afford the fare.
Fair Fares NYC, a program that provides a 50% discount on subway and eligible bus fares for New York City residents living at or below the federal poverty level (FPL), is a critical lifeline to education, employment, medical care and other basic necessities for low-income New Yorkers.
Bills under consideration in New York City could act as pathways to social housing – by preserving public land for the public good, by offering communities the opportunity to purchase multi-family housing, by creating a public entity to hold property and facilitate social housing conversions, by strengthening tenants’ rights, and by expanding funding sources for low-income housing.
In honor of Black History Month, we looked into our archives to tell the story of Sadie Stewart Hobday, a pioneering public health nurse who helped bring essential health care services to Black communities.
Instead of taking advantage of an opportunity to have the federal government cover the cost of health insurance for immigrants, the governor’s current budget proposal would actually exclude immigrants, passing up an opportunity to save more than $500 million annually on Emergency Medicaid funds spent on immigrant emergency care.