This report documents our research findings and proposes community-based policy recommendations to convert vacant residential buildings into affordable housing for low-income families.
Every year, the New York City Housing Authority puts out an annual plan discussing its current state and its goals for the future. However, NYCHA does not allow residents, the people directly impacted by policies, to have true decision-making power
Participatory budgeting holds the potential to not only reconnect us to government, but with each other—to help us build coalitions across political, racial and class lines, to address inequalities within the American public. PB mobilized a racially and ethnically diverse cross-section
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In 2010, DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving created the first South Asian Workers Center to win rights for South Asian low-wage workers regardless of immigration status. To gather more information about the South Asian workforce in New York City,
While methadone can reduce government spending and improve public health, VOCAL New York (VOCAL-NY) has identified a number of concerns related to the provision of care at OTPs in New York City. Accordingly, with the research support of the Community
