Housing Subsidy
State Budget Makes Historic Investment in NYC’s Children and Families
To those who signed one of the 42,000 e-advocacy letters we sent to Albany, made one of the thousands of phone calls, joined us on trips to the State capital, or shared our message with your friends, you were instrumental in helping CCC make a differen …
Why We’re Advocating for Affordable Housing and Increased Wages
Since 2008, median rents rose 8.8 percent from just over $1,000 to nearly $1,100 in 2012. At the same time, the average household in 2012 made about $4,000 or 7.1 percent less than the average household in 2008. A recent USA Today article highlighted t …
CCC Testimony: New York City Council Hearing on Resolution Calling on City and State of New York to Create Rental Subsidy Program for the Homeless
CCC testified before the New York City Council General Welfare Committee on March 26, 2014 in support of Resolution Number 123-A. This resolution calls on the New York State Assembly and Senate to pass a budget which does not bar New York City from usi …
CCC Testimony: City Council General Welfare Committee Hearing on Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget Proposals
CCC testified about the impact the Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget would have on children and families served by the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), Human Resources Administration (HRA), and Department of Homeless Services (DHS) at th …
CCC Testimony: Oversight: Conditions and Operations in the Department of Homeless Services Family Shelters
CCC testified about reducing family homelessness and improving conditions for families in shelter at a City Council General Welfare Hearing on February 27, 2014. Currently, a record number of children are living in homeless shelters for increasingly lo …
CCC Testimony: New York State Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Hearing on the New York State Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Human Services Executive Budget Proposals
CCC submitted testimony about the impact the Governor’s Executive Budget would have on children and families at the February 4, 2014 joint Senate/Assembly Hearing on the Executive Budget for State Fiscal Year 2014-2015. CCC’s testimony commended the Go …
