Our Next Look at the NYS Budget

Schuyler Center’s Next Look provides an overview of how the Assembly and Senate budget proposals compare with the Governor’s priorities on several important issues. Schuyler Center staff will spend the coming days gaining a deeper understanding of the proposed budget initiatives and advocating for a final budget that advances priorities that improve the health and well-being of vulnerable New Yorkers, especially families and children living in poverty.

Our Wish for 2016: Strong Families, Healthy Children & Smart Investments

Looking to 2016, the Schuyler Center’s passion and commitment to meaningful and lasting improvements in the health and well-being of New York’s children and families remain steadfast. In addition to fighting for better policies, we are working to focus the public and our policymakers on the challenges faced by those living in poverty and what we all can do to make a difference.  Read Kate Breslin’s President Message here.

Kate Breslin’s Public Statement on NY’s Wage Board’s Recommendation to Increase Minimum Wage

Public Statement by Kate Breslin:

Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy applauds Governor Cuomo’s Wage Board’s recommendation to increase the minimum wage of fast food workers. It is essential that State policymakers go beyond this one sector of workers and increase the minimum wage for all.

With nearly one in four of New York’s children living in poverty, we need a multifaceted approach to family economic security. This is a start; raising the minimum wage for fast food workers should lead to raising the minimum wage for all workers. New York families need a fair and just minimum wage indexed to inflation so that wages increase as costs rise and families can meet their needs.