city corridor document: NYC Poverty fee Has Dropped below de Blasio

Mayor invoice de Blasio has repeatedly spoke of his administration is focused on reducing poverty in the five boroughs — and now he's citing proof.

a new metropolis corridor document completely received with the aid of NY1 on Friday shows the rate of recent Yorkers in poverty dropped right through de Blasio's time in office.

The poverty cost dropped from 21 % in 2013 to 19 p.c in 2017, and the near-poverty rate dropped from almost 46 p.c to 43 percent in 2017.

That capability there have been roughly 236,500 fewer New Yorkers both in poverty or close-poverty.

The mayor's office cites rising wages and courses, together with efforts to support New Yorkers get entry to public merits. long island is the handiest metropolis that calculates its own poverty cost using a measure that takes into consideration the cost of residing in the city and counts tax credit and SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] advantages as earnings.

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