A person or family, regardless of their immigration status, could be eligible for the voucher if they don’t have a home or are about to lose their housing, and if…
“This is the moment for New York to do something big,” said Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics. She’s among those pushing state lawmakers to pass the Packaging Reduction and…
“If the WFTC is passed, that’s $1,600 per child that can make a huge difference and allow families to concentrate on things that are actually important to their day-to-day life—like…
While lawmakers are still hammering out the details, the latest state budget is likely to include $50 million to create the long-sought Housing Access Voucher Program, which would help people…
Supporters of the Housing Access Voucher Program say it’s needed now more than ever to curb rising homelessness, and as another federal rent subsidy is expected to run out of…
“We need to invest in the solutions that actually work. Those solutions must be rooted in treating public health challenges with public health responses, not the same reflexive reliance on…
“As a result of this order, 26,000 children nationwide will lose their legal counsel overnight, including thousands in New York. It is on us as a state and a city…
“With federal nutrition assistance facing an uncertain future, local organizations must step in to fill the gaps. But programs like ours are already stretched thin, and we will rely even…
