January 2023
Annual Report: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City Vol. 5
Amid the turbulence brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic significant expansions to government benefits and credits provide life-saving supports for low-income New Yorkers
Contributors: Poverty Tracker Research Group at Columbia University
Issues Areas: Annual Report, Covid 19
This 2023 annual report issue of Robin Hood’s Poverty Tracker explores how New Yorkers fared in 2021 amid the turbulence brought on by the pandemic, and with significant expansions to government benefits and credits. The report examines income poverty, material hardship, and health problems, measuring the prevalence of these forms of economic disadvantage, how they varied across subgroups, and the overlap between them.