Poverty Archives - City Limits

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“The MTA’s budgetary woes will not be solved by issuing fare evasion tickets in neighborhoods like Brownsville, where one in three residents live in poverty, especially when overtime pay for…

ByRyan Vinh 1Comment

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May 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New Yorkers Most in Need Were Left Behind By State Budget

“Once again, the needs of the poor have been especially shut out of the state’s moral conscience, with our government refusing to include an increase to cash assistance grants in…

ByDominique C. Atchison 0Comments

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May 2024

Economy Education Government Opinion

Opinion: NYC Can Give the Perfect Gift This Mother’s Day—Investing in Universal Child Care

“It is easy to see how mothers are affected by the prohibitively expensive costs of child care, but perhaps less so to understand it as a communal crisis.”

ByTalya Wolf 0Comments

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May 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

While State Budget Boosts Child Tax Credit, Advocates See Missed Opportunity to Combat Poverty

Families will be eligible for a supplemental payment this fall if they received the Empire State Child Credit when they filed 2023 tax returns. However, experts say the formula used…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Mar 2024

Economy Government Health Immigration Labor

New York Lawmakers Consider Tax Reforms to Aid ITIN-Filers

Both the Senate and the Assembly have included tax-related reforms in their “one-house” budget proposals that would impact those with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs), often used by immigrant workers.…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Transportation

More New Yorkers Are Struggling to Afford Public Transit: Report

Transportation and anti-poverty advocates are pushing the Adams administration to provide an extra $55 million in the next budget to expand the Fair Fares program—through which low-income New Yorkers can…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Restoring our Children’s Future Through Ecosystems of Support

“While Community Schools—New York’s exemplary model for engaging children in school and guiding them to maturity—were spared in January from millions in anticipated city budget cuts, come July, they will…

ByWesner Pierre 1Comment

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Feb 2024

Economy Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Why New Yorkers Should Reject Austerity for CUNY

“Since CUNY is one of the city’s most traversed pathways out of poverty, any decision to block or compromise this escape route must be considered for its short and long-term…

ByNicholas Freudenberg

ByAlexa D’Angelo 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Economy Labor Opinion

Opinion: Addressing Income Inadequacy and Occupational Segregation this Black History Month

“The occupational segregation and income inadequacy rampant across our state today is the direct consequence of policies that have intentionally excluded and marginalized people of color and women and undervalued…

ByJulia Casey 0Comments

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May 2023

Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Targeting SNAP With Work Requirements Misses the Point

“The focus on cutting life-saving programs like SNAP as a method to reduce the government debt is disingenuous, at best, and self-serving and cynical at worst. Taxing the rich would…

ByBrad Martin 2Comments

Opinion: Reducing Fare Evasion Starts With Expanding Access to Fair Fares, Not Policing

Opinion: New Yorkers Most in Need Were Left Behind By State Budget

Opinion: NYC Can Give the Perfect Gift This Mother’s Day—Investing in Universal Child Care

While State Budget Boosts Child Tax Credit, Advocates See Missed Opportunity to Combat Poverty

More New Yorkers Are Struggling to Afford Public Transit: Report

Opinion: Why New Yorkers Should Reject Austerity for CUNY

Opinion: Addressing Income Inadequacy and Occupational Segregation this Black History Month

Opinion: Targeting SNAP With Work Requirements Misses the Point

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