We are in the final stretch of budget negotiations for New York City and it remains especially important to consider the reality of families living here. Currently, the proposed budget leaves out important investments for child care and housing, even as families are struggling to afford both. Access to child care remains difficult for many families and tonight nearly 29,000 children will sleep in NYC shelters even as the city recently passed the largest stabilized-rent increase in a decade. As put by the New York Times earlier this spring, “half of NYC households can’t afford to live here”, and according to CCC’s data, housing and child care are two of NYC families’ biggest expenses, proving that solutions for affordability in housing and child care are key to well-being across the city and must be a focal point in the budget. As the data suggests, a majority of families with children may be spending a majority of their income on just these two needs. (author abstract)

Select a data set: Child Care Affordability; Center-based Infant/Toddler Care Cost Burden; Home-based Infant/Toddler Care Cost Burden; Center-based Pre-K Cost Burden; Home-based Pre-K Cost Burden; Housing Affordability; Severe Rent Burden; Median Rent Burden