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In the next few months, CSS will be issuing results from "The Unheard Third," our annual survey of lowincome New Yorkers, the only regular polling of low-income opinion in the nation. In the survey, New Yorkers tell us their thoughts on health care, employment, housing, and the hardships they are facing. The survey also lends credibility to our advocacy with elected officials and the news media as we work for changes in public policies that affect low-income families and individuals.
In addition to the Unheard Third survey of low-income New Yorkers, we will soon be issuing the findings of our "New York Statewide Poll on Health Reform, 2009," conducted with 1,000 residents. The survey covers many aspects of health care, including opinions about its costs and about the various federal and state health care options currently being proposed.David R. Jones is president and CEO of the Community Service Society (CSS), the leading voice on behatf of low-income New Yorkers for over 1 GO years. The views expressed in this column are solely those of the writer. The Urban Agenda is available on CSS's website: www.cssny.org.More than one million working-age New Yorkers without a high school degree or equivalency - nearly a quarter of the working-age population - find themselves on the fringes of the labor market, stuck in lowwage jobs with little chance of advancement at best, and out of work at worst.See the full content of this document
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Life in New York, Told by New Yorkers
New York City and the nation have been going through some tough times in the past year and a half. As the economy has plummeted, more than seven million Americans lost their jobs. The number of people without health insura...
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