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.
This report captures CEO’s work in the beginning of the de Blasio Administration, describing CEO’s continuity through its first mayoral
transition and the expanded scope of our efforts from 2014 to 2015.