RAND Research Topic: New York City2024-02-27T15:42:59ZCopyright (c) 2024, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/topics/new-york-city.htmlHow New York City Can Make Housing More AffordableRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2023/how-new-york-city-can-make-housing-more-affordable.html2023-11-10T12:00:00Z2023-11-10T12:00:00ZWith few vacancies, rents in New York City have become some of the most unaffordable in the world. People with subsidized housing vouchers often have nowhere to go to use them. Housing production is a critical part of any solution to housing affordability—in New York and elsewhere.Mental Health First Aid: Training People to Help OthersRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2023/mental-health-first-aid-training-people.html2023-05-03T12:30:00Z2023-05-03T12:30:00ZAn innovative program trains and empowers people to not look away from those experiencing mental illness, but to listen to them, reassure them, and encourage them to get help. Most trainees of the program in New York City were still using what they had learned five years later.