Recent Testimony

Adult Home

Emergency Planning and Management During and After the Storm (Jan. 24, 2013)

Medicaid Transition to Care Management for Long-Term Care (Dec. 7, 2012)

Supporting Amendment to Limit Percentage of Residents with Serious Mental Illness in Adult Homes (Sept. 24, 2012)

Protecting Vulnerable Persons in Residential Facilities Against Abuse and Neglect (April 27, 2012)

Consumer

Oppose New York State Check Casher Bill (April 22, 2013)

Accuracy and Use of Consumer Credit Reports (April 19, 2013)

Comments on  CFPB Initiative to Promote Student Loan Affordability (April 8, 2013)

Examining the Value of For-Profit Colleges (February 15, 2013)

Examining the Problems of Economic Abuse as a Form of Domestic Abuse and the Adequacy of State Law and Services Available to Victims of Domestic Abuse (December 2012)

Greater Protections Are Needed for GPR Prepaid Card Users (July 2012)

Support Credit Fairness in Employment Act (May 2012)

Defining Larger Participants in Consumer Financial Products and Services Markets (April 16, 2012)

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

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

Disaster Response

MFY Urges City to Provide More Funding under CDBG for Sandy Victims (April 4, 2013)

Employment

EEOC Rules on T Visa Certification and Continued Presence Applications (April 4, 2013)

MFY Supports Greater Protections for Workplace Whistleblowers (April 19, 2013)

MFY Urges City Council to Ban Credit Reports in Hiring Decisions (April 11, 2013)

Proposed Resolution Calling for the Passage of the POWER Act

Reducing Fine for Street Vending Violations (April 24, 2012)

Protections for Home Care Workers (March 12, 2012)

Reform Criminal Background Checks for Employment (July 26, 2011)

UI Coalition Letter re AB Decisions on UIB-SSDI (June 8, 2012)

Foreclosure

Funding for Non-Profit Foreclosure Prevention Is Essential (November 7, 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)

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

 Funding for Legal Services

Preserve Funding for Legal Services for the Working Poor (March 8, 2012)

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

Housing

Oppose Rent Increases for Single Room Occupancy Dwellings (April 25, 2013)

Referral Criteria for Single Adult Permanent Housing (Mar. 18, 2013)

Supportive Housing in New York State  (Dec. 17, 2012)

Rules Relating to Notification of Mortgagee Commencing Action to Recover Residential Property (April 17, 2012)

Extend Rent Regulations in New York City (March 2, 2012)

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)

 Kinship Care

MFY Supports Amendments to NYS Domestic Relations Law to Help Relative Caregivers (May 2012)

Kinship Care Is the State’s Child Welfare System (February 10, 2010)

 Mental Health

Amending NY’s Code of Judicial Conduct Regarding Judge’s Role in Facilitating a Fair Hearing for Unrepresented Litigants (March 22, 2013)

DOH Should Include Mental Health Providers in Health-Related Legal Services Standards (August 2, 2012)

Electronic Medical Records Will Help Mental Health Consumers (April 10, 2012)

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

Public Benefits

Abandonment of Requests for a Fair Hearing (March 30, 2012)