homelessness
Statement from Citizens’ Committee for Children Executive Director, Jennifer March In Response to the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2018 Executive Budget
For Immediate Release: April 26, 2017 Contact: Elysia Murphy, emurphy@cccnewyork.org, 212-673-1800 ext 18 Citizens’ Committee for Children (CCC) appreciates the de Blasio Administration’s continued investments in programs and services that will improve …
CCC Testimony: New York City Council Finance and Education Committees Regarding the Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget
CCC testified at the New York City Council Committees on Finance and Education at a hearing on March 21, 2017 regarding the Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget. CCC supported the Preliminary Budget proposals to add $14 million for Summer in the City pr …
CCC Testimony: New York State Executive Budget Human Services Hearing
On February 8, 2017, CCC testified before the New York State Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees regarding the Executive Budget proposals related to human services. CCC’s testimony supported Executive Budget proposals to raise the age …
CCC Testimony: Supportive Housing in New York City
On January 19, 2017, CCC testified before the City Council General Welfare Committee oversight hearing on supportive housing in New York City. CCC testified about the need to increase the number of supportive housing units available for homeless famil …
How homelessness impacts children
Homelessness in New York City has captured a lot of attention in recent months, and rightly so – more than 62,000 New Yorkers are currently living in Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelters. But what often gets overlooked in the conversation abo …
Testimony: Education Committee Resolutions
On November 22, 2016, CCC submitted testimony regarding two resolutions before the City Council Education Committee. CCC’s testimony supported Res. No. 845-2015, which was calling upon the New York State Education Department to expand the State’s finan …
