Resources

Mental Health & Health Insurance

You can access mental health support with your health insurance and there are services available to help you navigate the process. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, GetCoveredNYC is working with our partners to connect you to the mental health services you deserve.

Learn more about accessing mental health services

GetCoveredNYC celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month: You are not alone. You can access mental health support with your health insurance and there are services available to help you navigate the process.

Work with PEU Comms!

Interested in learning more about communications? Join our team as a member of City Service Corps. We are currently looking to hire a Digital Communications Associate/Corps Member and a Press Communication Corps Member.

Learn about the roles and apply

Looking to Recruit. Public Engagement Unit: Press Communications Corps Member and Digital Communications Associate. Learn more: on.nyc.gov/PEUCommsCorps

Health Care Fair

GetCoveredNYC, NYC Care, BronxNet, and La Central YMCA hosted a Health Care Fair in the Bronx!

Learn more about the event

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GetCoveredNYC Information Session in Spanish

The Mayor's Public Engagement Unit (PEU) hosted an information session in Spanish with partners NY State of Health, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC Health + Hospitals, and NYC Human Resources Administration's Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access to discuss health care options for New Yorkers.

Learn more and watch the recording

ObtengaCoberturaNYC Sesión Informativa Virtual en Español 7 de marzo 2023

GetCoveredNYC: We Make Health Care Easier Than Ever

GetCoveredNYC is here to help you navigate the health insurance enrollment process. Learn more and share with your community using our new toolkit.

Learn more about GetCoveredNYC

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Housing Benefits for Older New Yorkers and New Yorkers with Disabilities

There are housing benefits available in NYC to help older New Yorkers and New Yorkers with disabilities save money and live securely in their homes. Learn more about these programs and help PEU spread the word about our free enrollment support!

Learn more about housing benefits

Freeze your rent! Eligible New Yorkers with disabilities and older New Yorkers can stop their rent from increasing with the City's Rent Freeze program. Call PEU's Rent Freeze Hotline at 929-252-7242. Illustration of an older woman watering plants in her apartment window and a person in a wheelchair on a balcony next to a guitar.

Winter Bill Assistance

This year, if you need assistance paying for your heating or electricity bills, there are programs that may be able to help.

Learn more about Winter Bill Assistance

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Tenant Support Unit Social Media Toolkit

TSU provides assistance to New Yorkers who may be experiencing landlord harassment, are at risk of displacement, or need to make home-related repairs. Help spread the word about free tenant support for New Yorkers!

Learn more about TSU

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PEU Flyer

Learn more here about the NYC Public Engagement Unit (PEU) and our four main programs, and share information and resources with your communities using this flyer.

Learn more about PEU

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Health Care for NYC Veterans

There is a health coverage option for every single Veteran living in New York City. The Mayor's Public Engagement Unit (PEU) and the Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) are partnering to connect New York City Veterans with health coverage and to ensure that no Veterans are left behind.

Learn more about health care for NYC Veterans

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Affordable Connectivity Program: Back-to-School Edition!

New Yorkers can apply for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to get $30 off their monthly internet bill. Any household with a child currently enrolled in NYC public schools qualifies for ACP. Help us spread the word amongst qualifying families in honor of the back-to-school season!

Learn more about affordable internet for NYC families

Illustrated view of the front of a yellow school bus, with Happy First Day of School written on the windshield. Below the school bus, the following text is displayed: Hello Students! Did you know you may be eligible to recieve $30 per month off your internet bill? Apply now at GETINTERNET.GOV. Contact 877-384-2575 or email ACPSUPPORT@USCAC.org

Fair Fares Day of Action

The Mayor's Public Engagement Unit (PEU) held an outreach day of action, canvassing at subway stations citywide to promote the Fair Fares NYC program after two weeks of targeted outreach to eligible New Yorkers via text and phone.

Learn more about Fair Fares

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Tenant Helpline

In April 2020, the City launched the Tenant Helpline to serve as a one-stop shop to inform New York City tenants about their rights and connect them to housing-related resources, including free legal services. Call 311 and ask for the Tenant Helpline to be connected!

Learn more about Tenant Helpline

Questions about your lease? Are you behind on rent? Are you in housing court?

GetCovered Day of Action and Town Hall

Join us for a Day of Action on April 6 to encourage New Yorkers to enroll in health insurance. Share our social media posts and join our Virtual Town Hall at 6pm.

Learn more about GetCovered Day of Action

Get Covered Day of Action, enroll in health insurance today! April 6. Spread the word in your community and join our virtual Town Hall.

Affordable Connectivity Program

New Yorkers can now apply for the Affordable Connectivity Program for up to $30 off their monthly internet bill.

Learn more about the Affordable Connectivity Program

Apply now for the Affordable Connectivity Program

Right to Counsel

You don't have to fight eviction alone. In NYC, thousands of tenants have the right to a lawyer when facing an eviction case.

Learn more about Right to Counsel

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Illegal Lockouts

Lockouts are illegal. All tenants have the right to stay in their home unless they choose to leave or are evicted through a court process.

Learn more about Illegal Lockouts

At Risk of Eviction? Do not self-evict! Call 311 and ask for the Tenant Helpline to get free legal advice.

I Vouch for Vouchers

The “I Vouch for Vouchers” campaign highlights the many benefits that rental owners and property managers receive when renting to voucher holders, in addition to addressing misinformation and stigma around vouchers.

Learn more about I Vouch for Vouchers

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