Strengthening Families & Combating Poverty

At our recent forum Nicholas Kristof, acclaimed columnist for the New York Times, spoke about the growing body of evidence supporting the importance of family-oriented approaches to addressing poverty and opportunity. These include programs that are successfully operating in New York State such as two-generation interventions, educational and health programs… Read Kate Breslin’s full message here.

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Come to Albany

Register Now for A Path Appears: A Discussion of Social Interventions that Work
with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize winners and authors of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. 
October 29, 2015
90 State Street, Albany
8:30 a.m. (breakfast will be served)

Kristof and WuDunn are the authors of several books, including Half the Sky and the more recent, A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity. Nicholas Kristof is a renowned columnist for the New York Times and Sheryl WuDunn is a successful business executive and former journalist.

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.