Housing

Attack Student Homelessness Now: With numbers surging in shelter system, families with children must be affordable housing priority

Children’s Rights in New York City

Photo courtesy of the United Nations: In 1950, on the second anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, students at the UN International Nursery School in New York viewed a poster of the historic document. November 2019 m …

CCC Recognizes International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2019

November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, kicking off two weeks of international activism and awareness campaigns to combat gender-based violence. Forty years after the adoption of the United Nation’s Convention of …

CCC 2019 Annual Report

For nearly 75 years, CCC has not wavered from itsrigorous reliance on facts, its uncompromising independence and its tenacious pursuit of justice for the youngest New Yorkers. Our unique brand of advocacy combines research, community education and advo …

CCC Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare

Meryleen Mena, Ph.D, CCC’s Policy & Advocacy Analyst, testified October 31, 2019 in front of the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare’s oversight hearing regarding the Administration for Children’s Services. Her testimony focused largely …

Domestic violence and homelessness in New York