Reports & Publications Archive - Children's Defense Fund New York

Testimony of CDF-NY before the Assembly Standing Committee on Codes and the Assembly Standing Committee on CorrectionKimberly Chin2019-12-10T08:35:00-05:00

Youth Justice

Testimony of CDF-NY before the Assembly Standing Committee on Codes and the Assembly Standing Committee on Correction

We have an opportunity to move New York into a national leadership position in youth justice, enlarging protections for youth left out of Raise the [...]

CDF-NY’s Testimony before the Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families and Assembly Task Force on Women’s IssuesKimberly Chin2019-12-02T12:29:48-05:00

Child Welfare

CDF-NY’s Testimony before the Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families and Assembly Task Force on Women’s Issues

Written testimony concerning investments in preventive services, making KinGap subsidies an independent and open-ended funding stream, and supporting legislation that passed to reform the State [...]

Public comment concerning the proposed Restrictive Housing rulesKimberly Chin2019-12-02T12:00:47-05:00

Youth Justice

Public comment concerning the proposed Restrictive Housing rules

The Children’s Defense Fund-New York's (CDF-NY) public comment concerning the proposed Restrictive Housing rules.

“Unthinkable” A History of Policing in New York City Public Schools & the Path toward Police-Free SchoolsKimberly Chin2019-10-07T14:45:45-05:00

Education

“Unthinkable” A History of Policing in New York City Public Schools & the Path toward Police-Free Schools

This report provides a condensed political history of policing and schooling in New York City, and offers a frame for using this history to move [...]

Over 743,000 Children Living in Poverty in New York, Ranking New York 34th out of the 50 StatesKimberly Chin2019-09-26T08:19:37-05:00

Child Poverty

Over 743,000 Children Living in Poverty in New York, Ranking New York 34th out of the 50 States

In 2018, 11.9 million children nationally, or 16.2% of all children, were living in poverty. While New York experienced a small decline in child poverty [...]

More than 100,000 Children in New York Still UninsuredKimberly Chin2019-09-26T08:19:00-05:00

Health

More than 100,000 Children in New York Still Uninsured

In 2018 there were 107,381 children in New York without health coverage. While the uninsured rate in New York dropped from 2.7 percent to 2.5 [...]

CDF-NY Response to the 2019 Q2 Student Safety Act DataKimberly Chin2019-09-20T11:22:16-05:00

Education

CDF-NY Response to the 2019 Q2 Student Safety Act Data

An analysis of the Student Safety Act data from the second quarter of 2019 shows a small, 4% increase in the total number of NYPD [...]

New York City Department of Education Student Safety Act Data: School Year 2017-2018Kimberly Chin2019-09-20T11:17:50-05:00

Education

New York City Department of Education Student Safety Act Data: School Year 2017-2018

Every October 31st, the New York City Department of Education is required to release Student Safety Act data for the previous school year, making public [...]

NYPD School Safety Budget ExplainerKimberly Chin2019-09-20T11:12:17-05:00

Education

NYPD School Safety Budget Explainer

In the City’s budget documents, school safety spending can be found in both the Department of Education’s (DOE’s) and the NYPD’s budgets. Because the DOE [...]

The New York State Solutions Not Suspensions Act (S767A)Kimberly Chin2019-09-20T10:58:47-05:00

Education

The New York State Solutions Not Suspensions Act (S767A)

The Solutions Not Suspensions Bill is designed to reduce the reliance on suspensions and punitive discipline in order to transform schools, and grow school-level capacity [...]

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