CSS urges the City Council to increase funding for the NYC Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program (MCCAP) to $2.3 million in the FY25 budget. This investment is urgently needed to respond adequately to an increased demand for services related to end of the public health insurance continuous enrollment provision.
Nearly one in five New Yorkers are struggling to afford public transit.
Testimony on student loan debt by Carolina Rodriguez, Director of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program (EDCAP), Community Service Society of New York.
This heightened crisis demands urgent action from our state government to keep people housed, to house those experiencing homelessness, and to ensure safe conditions for all. The following are some of the most important housing issues and legislation CSS has identified for the upcoming legislative session.
Testimony by CSS and the Legal Aid Society at the NYC Council Public Housing Committee's oversight hearing on NYCHA's Physical Needs Assessment.
The health care system can be complicated to navigate for even the most well-versed among us. Advocates spend a lot of time helping patients understand the complicated rules and processes to determine whether they have received a surprise bill and how to appeal to be held harmless.
Well-funded and well-designed rental assistance programs can prevent evictions and help people leave the shelter system for permanent homes.
In 2022, 30 percent of all Unheard Third respondents said they experienced food hardship. Among low-income New Yorkers, it's over 50 percent.
In 2017, NYC became the first city in the country to implement a Right to Counsel law. The data shows that RTC has been extremely effective in bringing down eviction rates.