Reports

Impact Report: COVID-19 Relief Fund

In response to the dire need facing low income and immigrant communities of color during the coronavirus pandemic, New York Communities for Change (NYCC), in partnership with New York Communities Organizing Fund (NYCOFI), launched an emergency fund to provide direct relief to those most impacted by this crisis on April 13th, 2020. After six rounds of distributing$126,425 in funds to roughly 409 households in the course of one year, the need for assistance among low-income New Yorkers continues unabated. 

This report examines the extent of economic hardship felt by low-income immigrant communities in New York one year into the pandemic.