What Happens When Communities Organize? A New York Foundation Report
This report details strategies used by different kinds of community organizing groups to achieve policy wins and accomplishments.
All items tagged 'Participatory Research & Policy'
NYC Tenants Call for the Prohibition of all Non-Rent Fees
The Fees are Fraud Coalition and CDP released these new findings about how landlords are using non-rent fees—charges added to monthly rent statements—as a way to push residents out of rent-stabilized apartments.
CDP Research & Policy Update - March 2015
In this update, you will find information about our recently published reports as well as information about some of our current and upcoming projects and initiatives.
Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers to Immigrant Financial Empowerment
Summary The Northwest Queens Financial Education Network, composed of CDP, Chhaya CDC, New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) and Queens Community House (QCH) worked on this report, which is based on 253 surveys. It explores how immigrants in Northwest Queens save
Empty Judgments: The Wage Collection Crisis in New York
Summary CDP released this report in partnership with the Employment Law Unit at the Legal Aid Society and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice. The report highlights immense problems that workers in New York face in collecting the
The Eldercare Dialogues: A Grassroots Strategy to Transform Long-term Care
The first portion of this report documents the best practices and challenges of the Eldercare Dialogues, a two-year long process to bring together elders, direct care workers, and their family members. The second half of the report is a toolkit
Getting LES Ready: Learning from Hurricane Sandy to Create a Community-Based Disaster Plan for the Future
Today the Lower East Side has numerous communitybased organizations (CBOs) that serve the needs of residents. This robust community infrastructure played a critical role in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Hours after the storm ended, and well before government
A People’s Budget: A Research and Evaluation Report on Participatory Budgeting in New York City, Year 3
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Feeding New York: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers in New York City's Food Manufacturing Industry
While conscientious consumers are showing increasing awareness and concern for farm, restaurant and grocery store workers, those in the food processing and distribution industry continue to be out of sight and out of mind.
Weathering the Storm: Rebuilding a More Resilient New York City Housing Authority Post-Sandy
While this report reveals some of NYCHA’s major challenges in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, these findings and the related recommendations come at an opportune moment for public housing residents in New York City.