by Helen Smith | Apr 23, 2021 | Legislative
In the first week of April 2021, the New York State Legislature and Governor reached agreement on the 2021-22 New York State Budget. The final 2021-22 New York State Budget contains some extraordinary investments in New York State children and families. We remain concerned, however, about families left behind and essential services that again see inadequate investment as they did last year (and many years prior). Schuyler Center’s Last Look is our assessment of the enacted State budget and how it advances priorities that improve the health and well-being of all New Yorkers, especially children and families living in poverty.
You can also read Schuyler Center’s Next Look at the NYS 2021-22 Budget: Senate and Assembly One-House Budget Proposals as they Intersect with Schuyler Center’s Most Urgent Budget Priorities, released in March 2021. In February, the Schuyler Center shared its First Look at Governor Cuomo’s 2021-22 Executive Budget with our assessment of how it advances policies that improve the health and well-being of all New Yorkers, especially low-income children and families.
by Helen Smith | Dec 9, 2020 | Legislative
The COVID-19 crisis and the movement to end racist violence have highlighted what we have long known: for New York children to thrive, they need a family, quality health care, early education, financial security—not one, but all of these things. Further, they need all the systems upon which children and families rely to be aligned and coordinated, well-resourced and anti-racist. So is it with all New Yorkers.
What follows are our 2021-2022 Policy Priorities for children and families and all low-income New Yorkers. We advance these priorities with our eyes wide open to the extraordinary public health, political and financial challenges facing New York. However, the State’s response cannot be to deny New Yorkers fundamental supports and services. Nor can New York’s strategy be to wait for the federal government to act—although federal assistance has to be part of the solution. Rather, the response must be to exert strong leadership, harness a sense of shared responsibility, and raise, borrow, and shift resources to ensure children and families receive all the supports they need.
New York State prioritizes policies to dramatically reduce child poverty, with a focus on racial equity, and to strengthen family economic security.
For more information, read Schuyler Center’s full 2021-2022 New York State Policy Priorities.
by Helen Smith | Oct 30, 2018 | Family Economic Security
Our own Dede Hill writes for the Albany Times Union. Read below or on their site: State can ease the burden for the working poor
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