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.
The Social Indicators and Equity Report (SIER) provides a statistical portrait of the city – one that shows the economic, social, environmental, and physical health of New Yorkers, disaggregated by factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, location, and income.
The report includes the number of contacts and placements in transitional housing resulting from such contacts during the reporting period. Also includes the number of referrals of persons so contacted to programs or services during the reporting period.
Reports the engagement status of heads of household between and including the ages of 16-24, that includes the following information disaggregated by the following categories: 1) individuals aged 16 and 17; 2) individuals aged 18-20; and 3) individuals aged 21-24.
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.
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.