ATTENTION NEW YORK FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN: File Your 2021 Taxes to Ensure You Receive Your Entire Child Tax Credit (CTC)!
On behalf of the Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF), I thank Chairpersons Krueger and Weinstein for the opportunity to submit this testimony.
As a co-founder and leader of the statewide Lead Free Kids New York coalition, the Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) is grateful to the Senate Finance Committee, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, and the respective Housing Committees for the opportunity to submit testimony for this Joint Legislative Public Hearing to discuss the Executive Budget for Housing.
New York City Must Invest More Deeply in Youth and Communities to Reduce Gun Violence
Today, as a part of its celebration of the life and world-changing legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., renowned civil rights activist and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history, the Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) releases its Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Legislative and Budget Agenda, titled Prioritizing the Needs of Children, Youth and Families: New York State Budget and Legislative Priorities.
Today we commemorate the legacy of Dr. King by calling for the passage of NYS Senate Bill S366, which would lower the voting age in New York State to 16 years and require that students receive education in civics and be allowed to register to vote in the classroom, and for the passage of H.J.Res.23, which would lower the voting age in America to 16 years old.
As our communities continue to navigate the COVID crisis across New York State, we must seize this moment to center the needs of the youngest New Yorkers and to build a bold new vision for marginalized children, youth and families to thrive.
Yesterday, Governor Hochul signed into law ground-breaking legislation to end the arrest and prosecution of children as young as 7 as juvenile delinquents for almost all offenses and create an alternative response of community-based supports.
The Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) is grateful to the New York State Assembly Health Committee and the Assembly Task Force on Women’s Issues for the opportunity to submit testimony for this Public Hearing on Improving Maternal and Newborn Health: Access to and Quality of Perinatal Care.
The Children’s Defense Fund – New York stands alongside its Beat the Odds ® Scholars & Youth Advocates, New York families, and its partner child advocacy organizations in urging the Senate to immediately pass the Build Back Better Act so that families will continue to receive the transformational expanded monthly Child Tax Credit payments.
