Confronting the true drivers of America's affordability crisis. Advancing bold solutions to lower costs. Policy for people—not powerful interests.
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The Century Foundation retweeted
✊ Workers deserve substantive rights and dedicated, proactive enforcement.
Under this Administration, corporations that exploit New Yorkers are held accountable and DCWP will remain vigilant to ensure these rights are protected.
The Century Foundation retweeted
Our favorite question for Pitchfork Economics guests is: Why do you do this work?
@AngelaHanks, Chief of Policy Programs at @TCFdotorg, gave Paul and Goldy one of the best answers we've heard.
Check it out: bit.ly/4BqgffT
The Century Foundation retweeted
When wages don't cover the cost of living, debt fills the gap.
@AngelaHanks of @TCFdotorg explains why workers need more substantial raises.
🎧 bit.ly/4BqgffT
The Century Foundation retweeted
The economic numbers say one thing. Your bank account says another.
Debt has swallowed 52¢ of every dollar in real wage gains since late 2022.
@AngelaHanks of @TCFdotorg explains why debt is the missing piece of the affordability crisis.
🎧 bit.ly/4BqgffT
The Century Foundation retweeted
How do you demand better wages when you can't afford to miss a paycheck?
Debt is swallowing more than half of workers' wage gains—and weakening their power.
@AngelaHanks of @TCFdotorg explains how debt worsens the affordability crisis.
🎧 ➡️ bit.ly/4BqgffT
ALT A quote reads: "One of your best bargaining chips with your employer is your ability to walk away. When you can't, employers have more power over you, your livelihood, and your wages than they should." At the bottom, it's attributed to Angela Hanks, Chief of Policy Programs at The Century Foundation. A small photo of Angela Hanks is in the corner. The background is red and blue with a textured appearance.
The Century Foundation retweeted
Thanks to Trump, this Halloween is frightening for all the wrong reasons.
Spooky season should be about candy and decorations – not scary price hikes.
But candy favorites will cost more than 15% more than last year, in new analysis from us and @TCFdotorg.
The Century Foundation retweeted
NEW from us and @TCFdotorg: Americans hoping not to break the bank when preparing for Halloween this year have few options.
Halloween candy prices are up 15.3% – a staggering 4x overall inflation. @scrippsnews with the exclusive 👇
scrippsnews.com/life/holiday…
The Century Foundation retweeted
It's not just ghouls and ghosts out there.
40% of households with young children plan to take on debt in order to cover this year’s Halloween costs.
New analysis from us & @TCFdotorg found Halloween candy prices are up 15% this year compared to last.
The Century Foundation retweeted
The scariest thing Americans face this Halloween won’t be a haunted house, but the price tags in the candy aisle.
🚨NEW: We and @TCFdotorg found Halloween candy prices are up 15.3% – a staggering 4x overall inflation.
The Century Foundation retweeted
Today is Disabled Women's Equal Pay Day!
Too many disabled women are forced to live in poverty by asset limits and work requirements that restrict access to lifesaving programs like Medicaid, home health care, and SNAP. #DWEPD #MoreWithLess
ALT Graphic for Disabled Women's Equal Pay Day on October 20. Bold white text reads "DISABLED WOMEN'S EQUAL PAY DAY" with an equals sign embedded in the letter "Q". Below it, the text reads "WE DO MORE WITH LE$$" above a calendar illustration showing October 20.
The Century Foundation retweeted
Workers and consumers are one in the same, yet current law doesn't offer the same protections - and it's corporations that benefit from the false distinction. The aptly-named POWER Act, introduced by Councilman Harvey Epstein and supported by @NYCMayor, would help rebalance power
The Century Foundation retweeted
Read more about how the POWER Act would protect consumers AND build worker power, from @TerriGerstein and @TCFdotorg's Lorelei Salas nydailynews.com/2026/10/15/h…
The Century Foundation retweeted
Read the full op-ed on @NYDailyNews: nydailynews.com/2026/10/15/h…
The Century Foundation retweeted
“More cities and states should pass laws like the POWER Act, to deliver more justice to hardworking people.”
@TerriGerstein/@NYUWagner and @lorelei_salas33/@TCFdotorg new op-ed on the benefits of the POWER Act, a bill intro’d by @HarveyforNY w/ @NYCMayor for working New Yorkers.
ALT Screenshot of NY Daily News op-ed by Terri Gerstein and Lorelei Salas, "Help NYC consumers & workers fight back" from October 15, 2026 https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/15/help-nyc-consumers-workers-fight-back/
The Century Foundation retweeted
This spring, @TCFdotorg and @BorrowerJustice launched Affordable NYC Now with a slate of proposals to reduce costs for New Yorkers. This week, @NYCMayor introduced legislation to make one of those proposals real, and TCF fellow Lorelei Salas spoke at yesterday’s City Hall presser
The Century Foundation retweeted
When New Yorkers get ripped off, they should have the power to fight back.
We’re introducing the POWER Act to give workers, tenants, consumers, small businesses and nonprofits a legal pathway to take on unfair and deceptive business practices.
A tenant shouldn’t have to watch a landlord wrongfully withhold their security deposit. A consumer shouldn’t have to accept predatory loan terms. And New Yorkers shouldn’t have to rely on government alone to hold powerful corporations accountable.
We’re putting power back where it belongs: in the hands of New Yorkers.
nytimes.com/2026/10/06/nyreg…
The Century Foundation retweeted
.@SenateBanking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker.
The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says.
See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda.
The Century Foundation retweeted
Billionaire tech oligarchs are taking control of our financial system at the cost of our democracy. We cannot bail out crypto and AI on the backs of working Americans.
Join the next Game Changers webinar to learn more: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor
THURSDAY OCT. 8 / 4:30-5:30PM ET
The Century Foundation retweeted
For the typical worker, more than half of every dollar of income growth is going right back out the door in debt payments.
This new report from @TCFdotorg and @BorrowerJustice makes it clear: the economy is rigged against working families.
The Century Foundation retweeted
This new paper from @TCFdotorg shows this clearly - 52 cents of every dollar in real income gains goes to debt service
tcf.org/content/report/half-…
