Public Policy and Education Fund of New York

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Fighting Racism Across New York

In New York, there is a perception that our state consists of New York City, a melting pot of every race and ethnicity, and Upstate, with white rural farms and fields and white middle class suburbia. The reality, of course, is that Upstate New York has four major cities as well as many smaller ones. These cities and their surrounding suburbs are made up of diverse communities, including African American, Asian American and Latino families...
Quality Education for All Kids

PPEF’s strategy to create the public will to provide quality education for all children in New York is based community involvement. Currently faced with an enormous state budget deficit, PPEF has taken this as an opportunity to engage New Yorkers at the grassroots, and to deepen the involvement of those who are already active...
Answers on Health Care

NYConsumerHealth.org is a web guide to health coverage options for consumers in New York State. This site is a project of the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York. Here, you'll find information about a wide range of health coverage options. If you aren't sure how to get health care, are unhappy with your current health care, or just want to know more about options available to you, answers to your questions can be found here...

About

PPEF was founded in 1986 to address critical social, economic, racial and environmental issues facing low and moderate income New York State residents. Our areas of work have included health care, education, after-school programs, voter participation, economic development and consumer issues. PPEF uses many tools in its work, including grassroots organizing, research and policy development, public education on a wide range of policy issues, and community outreach.

The Public Policy and Education Fund of New York (PPEF) is the not-for-profit research and public education affiliate of Citizen Action of New York.