Press Release: New CSS Report Recommends Leveraging Community Based Enrollment Partners to Stem Coverage Losses
1.5 million New Yorkers at risk of losing coverage due to federal cuts to public health insurance programs
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‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Means Ugly Cuts And Dire NY Housing Crisis
Testimony: Rent Stabilization Protects Tenants, Prevents Displacement, and Promotes Equity
We brought our housing expertise to the Massachusetts Legislature, urging them to pass S.1447 (An Act enabling cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants).
Center for Elder Law and Justice Joins CHAMP Network in Western New York
CHAMP is New York State’s independent health insurance ombudsman program for substance use disorder and mental health care
NY Health Insurers Seek Rate Hikes Up to 38% for 2026: Rate Review Comments
HCFANY breaks down why DFS should curb each carrier’s specific rate requests to protect patients from another unaffordable increase in health care costs. Find your carrier in the list below.
Reject Lenox Hill Expansion, Invest in Underserved Communities
We urge the NYC Council to reject Lenox Hill Hospital’s $2.5 billion expansion, arguing it worsens health inequities by investing in an already well-resourced area instead of underserved communities.
Federal Loan Caps Put NY’s Workforce and Educational Equity at Risk
GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Becomes Law and New York Will Pay the Price
GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Becomes Law and New York Will Pay the Price
Press Release: Statement By CSS President and CEO David R. Jones on State Appellate Division Ruling on CityFHEPS Reform Laws
NYPD’s Bad Habit: Stop-and-Frisk Abuses Still Targets Blacks, Latinos
Press Release: CSS Applauds MCCAP Expansion in FY2026 NYC Budget
Protecting Street Vendors Is Protecting NYC’s Immigrant Soul
A Long Overdue Step Toward Legal Justice
A Son of Harlem: Congressman Charles B. Rangel (1930 – 2025)
Testimony: Support the Community Land Act and Social Housing Solutions in NYC
This testimony NYC Council to pass a package of bills that would empower community land trusts and expand social housing, ensuring long-term affordability over land and housing in New York City.
Testimony: Raising Rents for Voucher Holders Will Backfire
Increasing rent for long-term CityFHEPS voucher holders would harm low-income residents while yielding negligible savings and potentially even increasing costs in the homeless shelter system.
CSS Statement on FY 2026 State Budget
GOP Budget Will Bring NY Housing Doomsday
Unless leaders in our state take action, a dreadful housing catastrophe is set to thunder across New York later this year, which is all but certain to force thousands of families from their homes and destabilize the affordable housing industry.