Overview
As we continue to recover from the global pandemic and exacerbation of systemic barriers, the challenges young adults face, including tuition and non-tuition-related costs, unemployment, health care affordability, and rent prices have risen exponentially. Despite New York’s increasing vaccination rate, the long-term impacts of the pandemic and economic turmoil are a sign that we must act now to advance more equitable policy initiatives for current and future New Yorkers.