Css Urban Agenda

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THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY’S URBAN AGENDA Year after year, representatives of every income level in New York City tell us that they support aggressive measures to help hard-working New Yorkers get ahead. We respond with a comprehensive three-point action plan that creates opportunity, secures families, and strengthens New York through the following actions:

1. Advocate for better job opportunities to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty that particularly affects communities of color in New York City. CSS is calling for: – the removal of employment barriers for the formerly incarcerated; – the creation of pipelines to sustainable, living-wage jobs that combine paid work experience with skill development and supportive services; – tax credits to encourage the employment of out-of-school youth; and – public works programs to reengage youth in projects rebuilding and maintaining our national and local infrastructure.

2. Promote policies and programs that advance the economic security of the working poor. CSS is: – building awareness and expanding access to existing public benefits (including $2 billion in annual, unclaimed state and federal assets) that directly support economic mobility for eligible recipients; – creating and promoting financial education programs that help low-income New Yorkers develop strategies for achieving financial stability, while also aggressively preventing and deterring predatory practices that prey on our constituents; – promoting policies to preserve affordable housing for the working poor; and – advocating for improved wages and access to employer sponsored benefits for low-wage workers in New York City.

3. Promote health care reform as an essential strategy for alleviating barriers to employment. CSS is: – working directly with immigrant and other low-income communities to access health care through New York’s public health insurance system; – advocating for policies that allow low-income workers with chronic health conditions and inadequate health insurance to achieve greater selfsufficiency; – identifying racial disparities that prevent access to appropriate health care and developing strategies to eliminate them; and – advocating for universal health care coverage in New York State.

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