Thursday, April 19, 2012
News More New Yorkers Live in Poverty
Posted by Henry Stewart on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:39 AM
The city's definition of poverty is more liberal than the federal government's, which does not take into consideration "expenses, like medical care, child care, commuting and housing." (By the federal measure, the city’s poverty rate went up to 18.8 percent.)
The city's Center for Economic Opportunity, which compiled the stats, said the poverty rate would be even worse were it not for government programs like food stamps, which in 2010 were used by more than one million New Yorkers.
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