Poverty
CCC Testimony: City Council Oversight Hearing: Oversight: Center for Economic Opportunity’s Poverty Measure and its Impact on Public Policy and Allocation of City Resources
CCC testified about the value of the Center for Economic Opportunity’s (CEO) alternative poverty measure on April 17, 2012 at the City Council Committee on Community Development oversight hearing on the CEO’s poverty measure and its impact on public po …
Concentrated Poverty in New York City: An Analysis of the Changing Geographic Patterns of Poverty
Download the report now. Get more data on poverty and child well-being by visiting our Keeping Track database. The concentrated poverty rate is the proportion of people in a specified geographic area who live in extreme-poverty neighborhoods, meaning m …
CCC Testimony: City Council Oversight Hearing: Poverty Trends in NYC
CCC testified about the increase in poverty in New York City and the need to protect social service supports for families at the December 12, 2011 City Council Joint Community Development and General Welfare Committees Hearing. The most recent U.S. Cen …
CCC Testimony: New York State Senate Roundtable on Human Services
CCC testified about the impact the economic downturn has had on families and the increasing demand for services at the New York State Senate Roundtable on Human Services, held on November 29, 2011 in New York City. CCC’s testimony explained that the Ro …
2011 Infographic: Keeping Track of New York City’s Children: The Impact of the Recession
CCC’s infographic illustrates the devastating impact the recession has had on New York City’s children. The data shows that 1 in 3 New York City children (525,000 children) are living in poverty, and there is a disparate racial impact. In Manhattan, a …
CCC Statement: New Child Poverty Data
New census data lay out in stark terms the impact of the economic downturn on children in New York City. Importantly, we know that early approaches to the economic crisis advanced a combination of federal stimulus funds, tax increases, and budget reduc …
