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Testimony: Defending and Upholding Right to Counsel
Our 2022 Unheard Third Survey shows that 15% of all tenants were targeted for eviction, the highest share in a decade.
Testimony: Pathways to Social Housing
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.
Sadie Stewart Hobday, Public Health Pioneer: A Black History Month Story
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.
Fiscal Prudence – Not Reactive Politics – Should Dictate New York Health Policy
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.
NYCHA Resident Input Is Critical Piece to Fixing Agency’s Woes
NYCHA has a trust problem. To move forward with preservation, tenants must be ingrained in the process and part of the conversation so that their voices are heard.
Press Release: CSS Applauds Governor for Funding Vital Consumer Assistance Programs in Executive Budget
The FY24 Executive Budget released yesterday by Governor Hochul funds several initiatives that matter to New Yorkers, from investments in mental healthcare and public education to incentivizing greater housing production across the state and tackling the MTA’s chronic budget shortfalls.
Press Release: CSS Brief: 225,000 Additional New Yorkers at Risk of Eviction
The Community Service Society of New York’s (CSS) annual Unheard Third survey finds a rise in eviction attempts and a return to assembly-line style justice in NYS Housing Courts. Most notably, New York City entered 2023 with more than 260,000 eviction cases filed in its five housing courts.
Assembly-Line “Justice”: Eviction Attempts Reach Record Highs in 2022
From 2020 to 2021, New York held off a sharp increase in evictions with rental assistance programs and an eviction moratorium. With the end of the moratorium in early 2022, eviction filings climbed sharply. It is not as if no one saw it coming.
NYCHA and the Choices for Preserving Public Housing
To Make NY Affordable, We Need Tenant Protections and Social Housing
Good Cause Eviction: Resources and Information
Since 2018, CSS has worked with Housing Justice for All on enacting Good Cause Eviction protection in New York State. We have advocated strongly for Good Cause because it would provide tenants with a baseline right to remain in their homes by prohibiting non-renewals and no-fault evictions unless a landlord proves good cause.
Testimony: Improving and Expanding CityFHEPS
Today, a record number of people are experiencing homelessness. While CityFHEPS can be a powerful tool against homelessness, the program is plagued with issues that must be addressed.
Press Release: CSS Applauds the Governor for Recognizing Medical Debt in Her `State of the State’
Press Release: CSS Brief Examines Impact of 2022 Rent Hikes on Low-Income Tenants
Good Cause for Alarm: Rents Are Rising for Low-Income Tenants in Unregulated Apartments
2022 was a brutal year for rents in New York. Rents went up nearly universally. While rent stabilized tenants had limits on how much their rents could rise, market-rate tenants had none — in large part because the state legislature failed to pass Good Cause, a bill that would allow tenants to challenge unconscionably large rent increases in court.
Health Initiatives RFP: Keep New York Covered (KNYC)
Law Perpetuates Mass Disenfranchisement of Blacks on Manhattan Juries
Press Release: CSS Applauds Governor for Signing Bill Banning Hidden Facilities Fees by Medical Providers
CSS applauds Governor Hochul for signing legislation that prohibits hospital facility fees for all preventative care and require hospital-affiliated providers in the state to inform patients in advance if they will be charged one