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Community Voices Heard is a member organization of low-income people, predominantly women with experience on welfare, building power in New York City and State to improve the lives of our families and communities.

 

 

 

CVH & Allies Present on Participatory Budgeting NYC

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2012-04-25 14:58
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Community Voices Heard joined with our partners in PBNYC to discuss the Participatory Budgeting process this morning. Below are some of the presentations shared, and background on the event itself.

Participatory Budgeting Overview

CVH Questions Gov Cuomo's Relationship with Big Business

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2012-04-23 16:03
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April 23, 2012: The following joint statement (which was published broadly by the Associated Press) was released today in response to the April 20th Associated Press story reporting that the Committee to Save New York failed to comply with "state regulations to show how it raised $9 million to support Gov Andrew Cuomo's agenda while claiming to be a charity." Sondra Youdelman, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard (CVH), and Sean Barry, Executive Director of V

New York Needs Fair Elections!

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2012-04-03 13:32
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CVH is working to open up the election system in New York State. Campaigns are funded by the mega-rich and corporations, voting rules present serious obstacles, and the way legislative maps are drawn protect the elected officials not the New Yorkers that live there.

CVH Joins with Dozens of Allies to call for End to WEP

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2012-03-26 15:53
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On March 22, 2012, we released a statement signed on by more than 25 leaders from faith, community and labor, as well as a range of elected officials calling for an end to the Work Experience Program and to fully fund the Parks Opportunity Program. This was released prior to a Park Committee hearing, which we also testified at. (Read the testimony here.)

Stimulating Smart Investments and Job Creation in Low-Income Communities: A User-Friendly Guide to the Federal CDBG Program for Grassroots Organizations and Local Policy-Makers

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2012-02-28 10:44
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In this report, some of the organizational partners in the New York Stimulus Alliance (NYSA), in partnership with the Advancement Project, take a critical look at a few of HUD’s community development programs, including CDBG, Section 108 Loans, and Section 3.

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