Issues
Do You Know How to Help New Yorkers Double Their Earning Power?
What if we told you that we know how to help New Yorkers double their earning power? The key to achieving this goal is clear – help more young people graduate from college. In New York City, a college degree holder earns twice the median income of some …
CCC Responds to the Latest Census Data
Read our initial reaction to the latest child poverty data released by the census in a recent Op Ed by CCC Executive Director Jennifer March in City Limits. The new Census data released on September 18 provides some positive news for New York City: the …
CCC Testimony: Oversight: After-school
CCC testified about New York City’s after-school programs, at a City Council Youth Services hearing on September 16, 2014. CCC appreciated the opportunity to be able to testify about after-school programs during this period of historic expansion. Not o …
CCC Reacts to Federal Investigation of Treatment of Teens at Rikers Island
Read our recent Letter to the Editor in the New York Times about why we need to Raise the Age of criminal responsibility in New York! To the Editor: Sadly, your article about the Department of Justice report on violence at the Rikers Island jail comple …
Statement from CCC Executive Director Jennifer March Regarding Federal Investigation of Treatment of Teenagers at Rikers Island
Contact: Elysia Murphy, (212) 673-1800 x18, emurphy@cccnewyork.org “The Department of Justice investigation has uncovered clear evidence that treating children as adults in the legal system, often leading to victimization at the hands of adults in faci …
New Kids Count Data Released: How does NYC compare?
A new Kids Count Data Book was released last week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, showing that many of the trends we are seeing in our own Keeping Track data hold true on a national scale. In New York City, despite other signs of economic growth, we …
