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3 months agoNew York City
1 in 4 New York City Children Now Lives in Poverty
Nearly two million New York City residents, including one in four children, lived in poverty in 2022, with 23 percent of the city's residents in poverty.
The surge in poverty was largely attributed to the end of pandemic-era government policies like the expanded child tax credit and enhanced unemployment insurance. [ more ]