Recent Publications

Overturning the ACA during a global pandemic and amidst economic downturn would undoubtedly harm New York’s children, young adults and families, and will disproportionately impact [...]

Overturning the ACA during a global pandemic and amidst economic downturn would undoubtedly harm New York’s most vulnerable children, young adults and families, and will [...]

Medicaid provides comprehensive, affordable health care coverage to nearly 50 percent of our State’s children – over two million of the youngest New Yorkers.

As New York grapples with the devastating and far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) is deeply alarmed by our State’s burden of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

The Protect Medicaid Campaign - representing New York’s leading health care consumer advocacy groups - applauds the introduction of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has destabilized New York’s economy, debilitated our health care system, and disrupted our education and social services sectors. The Children's Defense Fund-New [...]