The Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity released its annual New York City Government Poverty Measure report, which shows that both the poverty rate and the near-poverty rate have significantly decreased since Mayor de Blasio took office in 2014.
Each year the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Johnson today announced plans to expand the Fair Fares program, an unprecedented City effort to address poverty through the development of a half-priced MetroCard program for low-income New Yorkers.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson held a joint appearance Friday afternoon to announce the details of an unprecedented City effort to address poverty through the development of a half-priced MetroCard program for low-income New Yorkers. With transcript.
Includes total number of individuals aged 16-20 who applied for public assistance as head of household during the previous 6 months and of those, the total number accepted/rejected, disaggregated by the following categories: 1) individuals aged 16-17; and 2) individuals aged 18-20.
The report presents a summary of the activities/ recommendations of the IHAC. This report is accompanied by an annual breakdown of each member agency’s expenditures for housing and services to the homeless in the adopted budget. Representatives of multiple NYC agencies are members on the council.
Each year the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
he Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity released its annual New York City Government Poverty Measure report, which shows that both the poverty rate and the near-poverty rate fell since the prior year.
This is the first annual report issued under the name of the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, created in May 2017 with the merger of two previously distinct units, the Center for Economic Opportunity and HHS-Connect.