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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists: "So much to do, so little done, such things to be." April 20-22, 2012 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)38. New York City’s poverty rate broke record in 2010
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...The report, released on Tuesday, found that the number of the New Yorkers classified as poor in the year increased by nearly 100,000 from 2009, pushing the poverty rate up by 1.3 percentage points to 21 percent, The New York Times reported.
According to the report, more than 1.7 million residents were poor in 2010, with the Hispanic and black New Yorkers, including children, constituting the hardest-hit.
The figure is the highest and reflects the largest year-to-year increase since the city’s adoption of a more detailed definition of poverty in 2005...
...The report, released on Tuesday, found that the number of the New Yorkers classified as poor in the year increased by nearly 100,000 from 2009, pushing the poverty rate up by 1.3 percentage points to 21 percent, The New York Times reported.
According to the report, more than 1.7 million residents were poor in 2010, with the Hispanic and black New Yorkers, including children, constituting the hardest-hit.
The figure is the highest and reflects the largest year-to-year increase since the city’s adoption of a more detailed definition of poverty in 2005...
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