Recent Testimony

Consumer

OCC Guidance on Deposit-Related Consumer Credit Products Fails to Address Abuses (August 8, 2011)

End Sewer Service ­ Pass Intro 6A (March 2, 2010)

Process Serving Industry Must Be Reformed (Nov. 13, 2009)

Employment

Reform Criminal Background Checks for Employment

Foreclosure

  Funding for Non-Profit Foreclosure Prevention Is Essential (November 11, 2011)

Statewide Campaign to Save Foreclosure Prevention Services Program (September 7, 2011)

Impact of the Mortgage Foreclosure Process and Crisis and Funding for Non-Profit Foreclosure Legal Defense (November 17, 2010)

Improve Foreclosure Bill (April 21, 2009)

Are Loan Servicers Honoring Their Commitment to Help Preserve Home Ownership (June 24, 2010)

 Funding for Legal Services

Impact of Member Item Reduction on Small and Mid-Size Not-for-Profit Community Based Organizations (Oct. 20, 2010)

Housing

  Meeting the Housing Needs of Older New Yorkers (November 30, 2011)

City’s Response to Illegal Conversion Complaints (June 7, 2011)

NYCHA Policies on Remaining Family Members (June 28, 2010)

Single Adult Permanent Housing Referral Criteria (June 1, 2010)

The Tenant Fair Chance Act (February 1, 2010)

Oversight: NYCHA Pet Policy (December 17, 2009)

SRO Rents Should Not Increase (May 2, 2009)

Kinship Care

Kinship Care Is the State¹s Child Welfare System (February 10, 2010)

Kinship Caregivers Need Greater Support from City Agencies (October 29, 2009)

Mental Health

Mental Health Consumers Need Supported Housing (May 11, 2011)