Advocacy & Impact

Making a difference in New Yorkers’ lives is at the heart of WCC’s work. To ensure government fairly and effectively serves all our city’s residents, we undertake a rigorous process of identifying and analyzing major issues facing our city and state.

Our civic committees meet monthly, researching each subject thoroughly and proposing solutions to the organization as a whole, which then adopts an informed position on each issue. Committees also educate members and the public with programs on those issues.

But we don’t stop there. Advocating for positive change is essential to our mission. We present and advocate for our findings before influential officials and legislators. Then we mobilize support through member actions and affiliated organizations that share our concerns.