WCC Commends Mayor’s Commitment to Address Education & Community Well-being

The Mayor’s executive budget includes investment in initiatives that support women and their families, including continued funding for CUNY, libraries, adult literacy, and the expansion of after-school programming. These investments are critical to supporting caregivers—primarily women—who make up a significant portion of our city’s caregiving workforce.

WCC are also encouraged by the recognition of New York City’s nonprofit sector as a cornerstone of public service delivery. Women of color represent a significant share of the human services workforce, yet they often experience wage inequities and job instability. Investments that sustain and strengthen this community are essential to building safe, healthy, and economically just communities.

Our recent report, The Power of Participation: Women’s Voting and Civic Engagement in NYC, highlights how barriers, including low wages, caregiving burdens, and limited access to civic resources, continue to limit women’s full participation in shaping the city’s future. The FY2026 Executive Budget addresses many of these concerns and represents a step toward removing those barriers and expanding pathways for women to lead change in their communities.

WCC thank Mayor Adams for advancing a budget that supports the building blocks of civic participation and invests in the future of New Yorkers. These steps align with WCC’s mission to empower women, uplift communities, and strengthen our democracy from the ground up.

Women Creating Change (WCC), formerly known as the Women’s City Club of New York, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan activist organization dedicated to advancing women’s rights and shaping the future of New York City. Founded in 1915, WCC works to advance gender and racial equality by equipping women of color, women experiencing financial hardship, and gender-expansive individuals, with the knowledge, tools, and resources to advocate for the issues that matter most to them. WCC collaborates with partners, policymakers, and advocacy groups to drive real change in economic opportunity, education, healthcare, safety, reproductive justice, and environmental justice. WCC connects women with key stakeholders to learn, act, and engage. We empower women to lead change, shape policy, and strengthen communities, redesigning systems for a more equitable New York City. At WCC, we believe every woman has the power to make a difference. Visit wccny.org.

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