Schuyler Center’s First Look is an initial assessment of New York State’s 2025-26 proposed Executive Budget and how it advances priorities that improve the health and wellbeing of all New Yorkers, especially those living in poverty.
In 2021, New York State enacted the Child Poverty Reduction Act, committing the State to reducing child poverty by 50% in the coming decade with attention to racial equity. The law creates an expectation of public accounting for progress over time and assessment of budget actions with regard to their impacts on child poverty. In the fourth year since enactment, and with the Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council’s recommendations released in December 2024, all of us, in and outside of government, must systematically evaluate each and every budget decision as to its impact on child poverty and overall child and family wellbeing. We must act with intention to ensure each of those decisions is moving us closer to a New York where no child experiences poverty.
The First Look breaks down the NYS 2025-26 to consider:
- Child Welfare Services
- Child Poverty Reduction and Affordability for Families
- Child Care
- Early Childhood Education and Wellbeing
- Public Health, Health Coverage, Access and Care
Read the full First Look here.
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