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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.
Testimony: Advancing Economic Security Through Key Tax Credit Reforms
Key reforms to refundable tax credits—including expanding the Empire State Child Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit—would reduce child poverty, improve economic security, and promote long-term financial stability for low-income New Yorkers.
A Public Bank Could Boost Access for those Left Behind by Wall Street
Testimony: Addressing New York’s Housing Crisis in the 2025-26 Budget
Press Release: Statement by CSS President and CEO David R. Jones on City’s “Fair Fares” Program
Press Release: New CSS Report: New York’s Unaffordable Health Care System
Press Release: CSS Applauds Governor Hochul for Prioritizing Student Loan Borrowers in Executive Budget
The Community Service Society of New York (CSS) thanks Governor Kathy Hochul for her continued leadership in supporting student loan borrowers by including the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program (EDCAP) in her 2025-26 Executive Budget.