Family & Community
Meet the CLC: Dawn Eig
Dawn Eig has moved 18 times in her life, across four countries and five states, before finding a permanent home in New York City, her place of residence for the past twenty years. Now living in Chelsea with her husband Andy, 12-year-old son Oliver, 8-y …
Mayor de Blasio Signs Foster Care Bill Package into Law
Today, Mayor de Blasio signed SEVEN bills aimed at strengthening the foster care system. We are so grateful to the Mayor’s office, the Administration for Children’s Services, City Council General Welfare Chair Stephen Levin, the entire City Council whi …
Testimony: Oversight: Child Abuse Cases and the Various City Touchpoints for Families
On October 31, 2016, CCC testified before the City Council General Welfare Committee about the various City Touchpoints that can help prevent child abuse and neglect in New York City. This hearing was held in response to the death of six-year old Zyme …
Breakfast Spotlight: Benjamin Lear, Director of ‘They Call Us Monsters’
“The situation that they’re in is so overwhelming. To be looking at the possibility of never getting to live your life, at an age when you don’t know what it means to live your life in the first place.” Ben Lear will receive the Samuel P. Peabody Awar …
Keeping Track of New York City’s Children
This post by CCC Director of Research and Data Analysis Apurva Mehrotra was originally published on BID’s blog Primero Pasos in English and Spanish. There are over 73.5 million children in the United States and 1.8 million of them call New York City ho …
Statement from CCC Executive Director Jennifer March on U.S. Census Data
For Immediate Release: September 16, 2016 Contact: Elora Tocci, etocci@cccnewyork.org, 212-673-1800 ext. 13 New York, NY – Yesterday, the United States Census Bureau released data for 2015 on income and poverty levels in New York City. From 2014 to 201 …
