Issues
City Council Testimony: Broadband and the Digital Divide
On October 15, Citizen’s Committee for Children of New York submitted testimony to the New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and the Committee on Technology regarding the digital divide. CCC’s testimony described the digital inequ …
NYC’s Growing Income Inequality Threatens Pandemic Recovery
New data from the Census Bureau reinforce a disturbing trend: over the last decade, New York City’s income inequality worsened. That is, the growth of incomes at the top continued to outpace growth at the bottom, expanding the gap between. Citizens’ Co …
1 out of 5 NY metro households have no high-speed internet. What does that mean for remote learning?
Budget Cuts Threaten Behavioral Health Services When Students Need Them Most
For the past 8 months, COVID-19 has been impacting children and families in New York in profound and far-reaching ways. Families are grappling with the trauma of sickness and the loss of loved ones. Lost wages and lost jobs have led to severe economic …
2019-2020 Annual Report
Seventy-five years ago, CCC was created with a radical vision that all children had fundamental human rights to be healthy, housed, educated and safe. This unique approach was grounded in the belief that effective advocacy must be fact-based and achiev …
