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Transforming Policy in NYC

The Center for NYC Affairs, at the cutting edge of improving life for everyday New Yorkers

Programs

Education

Improving public schools for every child in NYC

Economic and Fiscal Policy

Economic research to improve livelihoods in NYC

Institute of Transformative Mentoring

Mentoring Frontline Anti-Violence Workers

Children and Families

A Better Future for NYC Children's Services

The New Hood

Nothing for Us Without Us.

Recent Publications
Urban Matters
First, They Came for Their Health Care. Now They're Coming for Their Housing.

A proposed Federal rule would deny housing assistance to nearly 80,000 families that include people lacking qualifying immigration status.

April 15, 2026
Urban Matters
Getting the 'Renewable Rikers' Vision Back on Track

How closing an ignoble chapter of incarceration history can also environmentally benefit New York City.

April 8, 2026
Urban Matters
Will a 'Cumulative Impacts' Law Lead to Environmental Justice? The Devil Is in the Details.

Three years after its passage, exactly how New York State's cumulative impacts law will work is still taking shape.

April 1, 2026