Report shows minor drop in NYC’s poverty rate
“The city’s poverty rate ticked down in 2016 — hitting 19.5 percent compared to 19.9 percent a year earlier, according to an annual report released by the city Friday. The near-poverty rate, which includes those below 150 percent of the poverty threshold, edged down to 43.5 percent in 2016 compared to 44.2 percent a year earlier.”