Posts tagged subsidies
School Food Matters: Hunger, Obesity and Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act

According to advocates, families of at least 1 in 5 New York City children still rely on soup kitchens and food pantries, despite free school breakfast and subsidized school lunches. President Obama pledged to end child hunger in the US by 2015, and the reauthorization of the federal Child Nutrition Act is expected by September.

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Government & Communities, Schools WatchAbigail KramerCenter for New York City Affairs, child hunger, children, CNYCA, communities, education, elementary school, families, health, high schools, inequality, Nutrition Act, Obama, politics, poverty, public education, public policy, public schools, school food, schools, soup kitchens, subsidies, The New School, youthComment
The Long View: How Can New York Preserve Housing Affordability?

New York has long depended on subsidy programs to facilitate affordable housing development. But because most such incentives sunset over time, tens of thousands of units have reverted to market rate over the last decade, and 15,000 more may do so in the near future. What strategies and regulatory structures can be put in place to assure affordability not just for the present, but the future as well?

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Government & CommunitiesAbigail Krameraffordable housing, city government, CNYCA, communities, community infrastructure, development, economy, housing, neighborhoods, policies, public policy, recession, rent subsidies, social welfare, subsidies, subsidy programs, urban development, urban policyComment
A Roof Over Our Heads: How Will New York Save Its Public Housing?

The New York City Housing Authority is in dire financial straits. Although the state recently increased its rent subsidy, it will barely make a dent in the $225 million annual shortfall and renewed federal investment is nowhere on the horizon. A roundtable discussion with key stakeholders to determine what can be done to rescue public housing—the city’s primary source of affordable housing, and home to more than 400,000 New Yorkers.

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Government & CommunitiesAbigail Krameraffordable housing, city government, CNYCA, communities, community infrastructure, Department of Housing and Urban Development, economic crisis, economy, federal investment, financial crisis, housing, low-income neighborhoods, neighborhoods, New York City Housing Authority, NYC, NYCHA, policies, politics, poverty, public housing, public policy, rent subsidies, subsidies, subsidy programs, urban development, urban policyComment