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Title: The Poor in New York City

Citation Type: Newspaper Article

Publication Year: 2003

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Abstract: There are more than a million and a half people in New York City who are living below the poverty line, according to official statistics. The poverty line for a family of four was about $18,000 in the year 2000. In a city where many New Yorkers with five times that salary feel that they are just scraping by, some argue that the poverty line should be much higher. But by any measure, poverty in New York City has increased. Almost 300,000 more people in New York Citys population lived below the poverty line in 2000 than in 1990, according to data from the census. In 1990, some 1.38 million New Yorkers -- or 19.3 percent of the population -- were living below the poverty line. By 2000, the number had increased to 1.67 million or, 21.2 percent...

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Authors: Beveridge, Andrew

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Publication Date: 2003

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Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity

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