Issues
Community Risk Ranking Illustrates Dramatic Changes in Risks to Child Well-being
New York, NY – Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York (CCC) released today a new edition of the Community Risk Ranking: Child Well-Being in New York City’s 59 Community Districts. “New York City has experienced noteworthy progress since the econ …
CCC’s Community Risk Ranking: Measuring Child Well-Being In New York City’s 59 Community Districts
CCC’s Community Risk Ranking looks at 18 different indicators across six domains of child well-being—Economic Security, Housing, Health, Education, Youth, and Family & Community—to determine where risks concentrate in New York City. Identifying whe …
Letter from CCC to Department of Homeland Security RE: Comments on Proposed “Public Charge” Rule
December 8, 2018 Sent via Electronic Submission at https://www.regulations.gov Samantha Deshommes, Chief Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security 20 Massac …
CCC Testimony: Access to Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services
On December 6, 2018, CCC testified before the Assembly Standing Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities on a hearing related to access to mental health and developmental disability services and supports. In January, the State will be …
Proposed U.S. Public Charge Rule Threatens NYC Kids, Families
This Op ED was originally published as an CityViews opinion column in City Limits on November 19, 2018. The past two years have seen a wave of anti-immigrant policy proposals at the federal level that have resulted in a climate that threatens the very …
Oversight: The Impact of the Proposed “Public Charge” Rule on NYC
CCC testified before the City Council Health, Immigration, and General Welfare Committees on the proposed change to the public charge rule, which is one of a series of cruel, deeply harmful policies from the Trump Administration that target immigrant c …
