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More Riders, More Access, Better Service
Transit can help bridge the divides that separate us: economic class, race, age, disability status, and access to opportunities. Transit is unique in its ability to produce a more equitable state....
Who We Are: Municipal ID Cards as a Local Strategy to Promote Belonging and Shared Community Identity
One of the paradoxes at the center of the struggle for immigrant rights in the United States is that while immigration law and policy is made at the national level, most of the impacts of those laws...
Leveraging New York's financial Power to Combat Inequality - The Report
New York is among the most unequal cities in the US. This inequality has become the most pressing issue in New York City and New York State. The good news is that New Yorkers are demanding action —...
New York Immigrant Family Unity Project - The Report
Each year, thousands of New Yorkers — parents, siblings, employers, workers and students — face detention and the possibility of deportation without the assistance of legal counsel. These New Yorkers...
Fatal Inequality - The Report
The construction industry is full of dangerous jobs. Smaller companies often have particularly unsafe workplaces – they tend to be non-union and lack the necessary training, proper equipment, and...
Language Access - The Report
The state government provides New Yorkers with a multitude of services and benefits necessary for their survival and success: nutritional supports, health benefits, unemployment insurance and driver’...
Local Progress Issue Briefs
A compendium volume of 15 policy briefs from Local Progress on the following issues: Paid Sick Leave; Community Benefits Agreements; Creating Green Jobs; Living Wage Ordinances; Livable Cities;...
Car Wash King Pin - The Report
Beginning in 2012, car wash workers across New York City are rising up and demanding living wages, predictable schedules, and protective gear against harmful chemicals from their employers and from...
California in Crisis - The Report
Five years after the housing market collapsed, California’s economy remains weak. The unemployment rate is nearly 10 percent, twice what it was in 2006, and in 2012 the State’s underemployment rate...
Workers Rising - The Report
Something unique has happened in New York: a wave of low-wage worker activity. As is clear from this report, New York City is at a critical turning point: will the City be one where all working...
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