Posted on 02/21/2024 12:48:00 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Over half of New York City residents either live in poverty or are low-income, according to a new report from anti-poverty nonprofit Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy.
The number of people across the five boroughs living in poverty jumped from 1.5 million to 2 million between 2021 and 2022, according to the Poverty Tracker Annual Report.
That 500,000-person increase pushed the poverty rate in the city to 23 percent that year, or twice the national average of 11.5 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
A renting family of four in New York City would stand on the poverty line at an annual income of approximately $44,000 in 2022.
The number of New York City children that began living in poverty skyrocketed that year, the report shows, rising from 15 to 25 percent—putting it well above the national rate of 16.3.
Robin Hood CEO Richard Buery Jr. called the report’s findings “disturbing” in a statement, especially given the steps New York City has taken to reduce poverty in recent years
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The only downside to Abbott and Paxton locking down the Texas border is that they can’t send many illegals to NYC.
There’s poverty of brains there too.
That doesn't bode well for Florida.
Just wait until their electricity reaches $1.00/kW-hour and there’s no food.
Tough shyt for NYers.
You forgot sneakers and iPhones! The very best Nikes and iPhone 15. Only the very best for our needy.
But, but LBJ’s War on Poverty in 1964 was supposed to fix that!
More than half of New Yorker’s are experts at hiding their wealth. I would take this with a grain of salt.
Not with Democrats in charge. They will just keep shoveling in federal money to keep them going.
Run out of tax money? Just keep printing it until the entire nation crashes...
But Ukrainian children need the money more. Have a heart folks. What will the world think of us. We have to fulfill our commitments to NATO.
Wanna bet they don’t include all the welfare, SNAP, free Obama Care, subsidized rent, and other handouts in this statistic?
https://committeetounleashprosperity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Paying-Americans-Not-to-Work.pdf
“Paying Americans Not to Work”
A Family of Four Can Receive over $100,000 Annualized Equivalent in Cash and Benefits in Three States, and over $80,000 in 14 States, with No One Working
to live in the liberal utopia must be sublime.
Yes thanks for reminding me. Nothing is too good when it’s someone else’s hard earned money you’re spending. As Adrian Rogers said”the government can’t give something to someone without first taking it from someone else. “
“LBJ’s War on Poverty”
It is time we declare victory and abandon the battlefield.
I just spent 3 days in NYC with my wife and kids. Had a great time. Stayed mostly in the midtown area. One thing I noticed - no matter where you walk - the air is 3 parts oxygen 7 parts marijuana smoke. It’s just friggin everywhere.
We never went into the subways, just walked everywhere. Went to a Broadway Show, the MoMa, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Bryant Park…the sites were great. Very, very crowded even in 25 degree weather. School vacation week may have contributed.
The food was spectacular as usual, especially the bagels and pizza. Didn’t see a lot of homeless. Some here and there. Plenty of trash strewn about in some areas. But overall, it was fun. My boys loved it.
“Just keep printing it until the entire nation crashes...”
Isn’t that the truth? Hardly any of those bastards in DC care about that.
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