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 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 engagement status of heads of household between & including the ages of 16-24. Information disaggregated by the following categories: 1) individuals aged 16 and 17; 2) individuals aged 18-20; and 3) individuals aged 21-24, calculated both as an actual number & percentage of caseload.
This quarterly report lists all of the emergency feeding programs in NYC and all of the quantities of applications distributed reflect a quantity of “0“reflecting HRA's focus of submitting SNAP applications electronically.
Reports engagement status of heads of household between & including the ages of 16-24. Information disaggregated by the following categories: 1) individuals aged 16 and 17; 2) individuals aged 18-20; and 3) individuals aged 21-24, calculated both as an actual number & percentage of caseload.
Report on 10/14/19 hearing on regarding topics related to public burials in NYC, including but not limited to: burial assistance program; the feasibility of implementation of a cremation assistance program & public burial in new locations; and the plan for the future operation of Hart Island.
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 and 17; and 2) individuals aged 18-20.
In June 2019, the number of city residents receiving cash assistance hit a 56-year low. We have tracked the rise and fall of cash assistance recipients since 1960.
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.