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Save Rochester Calls Child Poverty an Issue of Black Lives Matter
Saying that he is fortunate to go to a warm home where there is dinner every night, 16-year-old Isaiah Santiago expressed the desire to help others at least have a Thanksgiving meal.
Child advocacy groups propose legislation, aims to reduce child poverty by 50% in ten years
Rochester currently stands as a city with the third highest child poverty rate in the nation – and COVID-19 has worsened that. Beyond Rochester, nearly 3 million New Yorkers, including 895,000 children, are living in poverty. One in five...
Bronson bill would establish child poverty reduction council with ambitious 10-year target
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue with rising unemployment. The virus has hit poor, non-white communities the hardest. An additional 10,000 children in Monroe County, and 325,000 across New York, fell into poverty between March and July, according...
Proposal aims to cut NY’s child poverty in half by 2030
Newly-proposed state legislation aims to aid children who are living in poverty.
