In recent years, New York has been a national leader in addressing child poverty. In 2021, New York State enacted the Child Poverty Reduction Act and committed to cutting child poverty rates in half in a decade, with attention to significant racial and ethnic disparities in poverty rates. And progress has been made toward the goal, including through a significant expansion and increase in the state’s child tax credit that restructures it to direct the largest credit to the lowest income families.
Now, in the second half of 2025, federal actions have brought significant headwinds against New York’s movement to reduce child poverty and pose serious harm to children and families across the state. New York can—and must — continue to enact policy and budget decisions that prioritize and protect children and families. Our children are relying upon our leaders to protect them and continue the momentum toward a state free of poverty.
Schuyler Center has released a new brief examining the impacts of federal policy and funding changes on New York’s children and families, and many of the programs they rely on. It also lays out policy and budget recommendations for a New York State response to recent federal action. Download the report.
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On Thursday, October 30, Schuyler Center hosted a panel on the topic, with analysis and conversation from Barbara Guinn, Commissioner at the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance; Maria Doulis, New York State Deputy Comptroller for Budget and Policy Analysis; Sophie Collyer, Research Director at the Center on Poverty & Social Policy at Columbia University ; and Kate Breslin, CEO at Schuyler Center. View the recording here.
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