Resources
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...
2025 VOCAL-NY Civil Rights Union Platform
January 31, 2025
The VOCAL-NY CRU is building a base of directly impacted people and developing them to lead our fight to both change the narratives around mass incarceration and advance concrete policy...
Effective Solutions to Immediately Address New York’s Statewide Homelessness Crisis
January 29, 2025
To solve homelessness, it is vital to tackle the interconnected eviction and affordability crises. There are countless rent-burdened households that are one paycheck away from homelessness and struggling to afford...
Deliver for the People
December 18, 2024
The election is over. We don’t need any more campaign ads. We need politicians to deliver. Download the Demands Here
2025 State Legislative Platform
November 20, 2024
Effective Solutions to Immediately Address the Ongoing Humanitarian and Political Crises of Homelessness, Substance Use, and Public Safety The intersecting issues of homelessness, the overdose crisis, and unmet mental health...
VOCAL-NY 2023 Annual Report
August 12, 2024
2023 was a year of building for VOCAL-NY. We are building on the legacy our community has created together since 1999. Our campaigns have been and always will be rooted...
Report: New York’s Highway Heist
May 11, 2024
Wherever we live across New York, we need and deserve safe, reliable transportation options. Without shifting gears, New Yorkers can expect more of the same traffic congestion and air pollution...
Drug Checking Services Bill Sign-On Letter
May 3, 2024
With an unpredictable drug supply that underscores a surge in preventable overdoses, we urge lawmakers to pass the critical Drug Checking Services Bill (S4880/A7487) to ensure that New York remains...
Letter to Governor Hochul: EXPAND OF OVERDOSE PREVENTION CENTERS AND FUND Them WITH OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS
January 5, 2024
The 111 undersigned organizations write to express our strong disappointment with your letter to the Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board rejecting their recommendation to use funds to support an Overdose...