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NY Conference of Mayors and NY Association of Counties Letter of Support for HAVP Funding
May 6, 2026
As the New York State executive budget session comes to a close, Mayors from Kingston, Syracuse, and Rochester, in addition to the New York State Association of Counties, and New...
Syracuse Mayor Letter of Support for HAVP Funding
May 6, 2026
As the New York State executive budget session comes to a close, Mayors from Kingston, Syracuse, and Rochester, in addition to the New York State Association of Counties, and New...
Mayor’s Letter of Support for HAVP Funding
May 6, 2026
As the New York State executive budget session comes to a close, Mayors from Kingston, Syracuse, and Rochester, in addition to the New York State Association of Counties, and New...
Addressing the Homelessness Crisis: Strategies to House and Defend New Yorkers Statewide
March 3, 2026
Addressing the homelessness crisis with tangible resources, rather than cuts, will improve the long-term health, well-being, and stability of our communities. We are calling on the Governor and the legislature...
Protecting Homeless New Yorkers and Ending the Statewide Housing Crisis: An Emergency Response Plan
January 30, 2026
For over 25 years VOCAL-NY has fought to end homelessness. Policy experts, lawyers, service providers, and New Yorkers with direct experience with homelessness have called upon city and state governments...
DCS Sign-On Letter for Speaker Menin
January 26, 2026
2026 State Legislative Platform
December 12, 2025
This legislative session opens under the shadow of severe federal cuts to housing, healthcare, and food assistance — decisions that will deepen inequality and worsen homelessness, overdose deaths, and poverty...
2026 Amended ChalleNging Wrongful Convictions Act
December 9, 2025
SNAP Sign-On Letter: Protect SNAP
October 28, 2025
As 257 organizations, service providers, churches, and unions representing millions of New Yorkers, we write with urgency for the State to provide up-front funding for the SNAP program in New...
VOCAL-NY 2024 Annual Report
October 15, 2025
VOCAL-NY was built on the belief that the people closest to the crisis—low-income people impacted by HIV/AIDS, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and homelessness—are the ones leading the fight...