Fighting Poverty, Strengthening New York - A podcast from the Community Service Society

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The Community Service Society of New York (CSS) has worked with and for New Yorkers since 1843 to promote economic opportunity and champion an equitable city and state. We center the voices and experiences of communities of color and people facing economic insecurity, powering change through a strategic combination of research, services, and advocacy. By expanding access to health care, affordable housing, employment opportunities, debt assistance, and more, we make a tangible difference in the lives of millions. Join us in powering a more equitable New York by visiting cssny.org. Fighting Poverty, Strengthening New York, is a podcast that explores the diverse work done at CSS. In each episode, we dive into an issue affecting people facing economic insecurity, such as affordable housing and health care. We head into the field to hear from those affected, and from CSS staff striving to make New York a more equitable place.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Podcasts

Description:

The Community Service Society of New York (CSS) has worked with and for New Yorkers since 1843 to promote economic opportunity and champion an equitable city and state. We center the voices and experiences of communities of color and people facing economic insecurity, powering change through a strategic combination of research, services, and advocacy. By expanding access to health care, affordable housing, employment opportunities, debt assistance, and more, we make a tangible difference in the lives of millions. Join us in powering a more equitable New York by visiting cssny.org. Fighting Poverty, Strengthening New York, is a podcast that explores the diverse work done at CSS. In each episode, we dive into an issue affecting people facing economic insecurity, such as affordable housing and health care. We head into the field to hear from those affected, and from CSS staff striving to make New York a more equitable place.

Twitter:

@cssnyorg

Language:

English

Contact:

2126145468

Website:

http://www.cssny.org/podcast

Email:

jjones@cssny.org

Episodes

Eviction

10/4/2018

Our latest episode of the Fighting Poverty, Strengthening New York podcast looks into the eviction epidemic in NYC, introducing Daisy Young, who, after losing her job and watching her savings deplete, found an eviction notice on her apartment door. We look at how CSS, along with other members of the emergency rent coalition, work to prevent homelessness through providing funds to halt evictions before the marshal shows up. And we hear from CSS housing analyst Oksana Mironova on how policy...

Duration:00:13:05

Bridging the affordability gap: New York’s low-cost health plan takes off

3/1/2017

What happens when you can’t afford health care, but make too much to qualify for help? In our latest podcast you’ll meet Diane, who found herself in exactly this situation. After struggling financially while caring for her ailing father, Diane got a new job and was just beginning to make ends meet—only to find her own health coverage suddenly out of reach. The problem? She now earned too much to remain eligible for Medicaid, but nowhere near enough to pay for private insurance, even with...

Duration:00:16:47

New Yorkers deserve #FairFares on the MTA

12/7/2016

One out of four low-income New Yorkers say they regularly cannot afford to take the subway or bus. In a city as mass transit dependent as New York, this makes life even more difficult for those with the very least. Episode 4 explores this issue and our current campaign to address it by providing half-price fares for those living in poverty.

Duration:00:20:30

Expanding economic opportunity through worker cooperatives

11/2/2016

Could the worker cooperative business model help low-income New Yorkers find well-paying, stable employment? In this episode, we speak with Professor Richard Wolff about the concept of worker coops, how they work and how he believes this method is better for both the employees and the economy as a whole. Then we meet a former CSS employee who started a successful worker coop of home health care aides in the Bronx in 1985 that is still going strong. We take a trip up to see this organization,...

Duration:00:31:36

Doing what it takes for a healthier East Harlem - The Harlem Health Advocacy Partners

10/4/2016

For our second episode, we explore an innovative program that is working to improve the health outcomes of public housing residents in East Harlem, NYC. The Harlem Health Advocacy Partners (HHAP) is a program run by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Center for Health Equity and is focused on better health outcomes for the residents of five public housing developments in East Harlem, a neighborhood with unusually high occurrences of chronic illnesses. In this podcast, we...

Duration:00:22:03

Universal Summer Jobs for New York City Youth

8/22/2016

For our inaugural episode, we tackle the idea of universal summer jobs for all New York City youth. In February of 2016 Lazar Treschan, Director of Youth Policy at CSS, produced a report proposing the idea that all students who want one should have access to summer employment. Not only should they get a job, but that job should be connected integrated with their schooling. In this podcast, we hear from David R. Jones, the President and CEO of CSS, about our proposal and why summer jobs are...

Duration:00:14:50