Yesterday, Governor Hochul announced the “outlines of a state budget agreement” that featured various incentives and tax breaks for housing development, the greenlighting of office-to-housing conversions and a pilot program for basement apartments. After failing to reach a deal with
Finding quality, affordable child care has long been one of the greatest riddles for working parents in New York, but the challenge has reached crisis levels since the COVID-19 pandemic. Day care has become unaffordable for nearly everyone.
CSS and Red Hook Initiative organized a panel and workshop involving public housing residents, elected officials, and advocates. In our discussions, we explored the ways that unemployment, workforce development, and criminal justice policies and programs are impacting residents of public housing in Red Hook and across the city.
We honor the memory of all those who lost their lives to Covid-19, including our friend and colleague Tom Waters. Learn more about Tom’s work as a fierce advocate for low-income tenants.
One-third of NYC's voting-age citizens lives in a low-income household. Find out about the hopes and challenges of "The Unheard Third."