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Millions in New York struggle to afford food, housing

By BELINDA ROBINSON in New York | China Daily | Updated: 2025-03-12 00:00
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New York is one of the wealthiest cities in the world with more than 349,000 millionaires in its ranks. But it is also home to low-income families who battle each day to pay for basic necessities such as housing, food and visits to the doctor.

At least a quarter of the city's residents are living in poverty, a record number not seen since 2022, the Poverty Tracker report by Columbia University and Robin Hood, an antipoverty charity, found. Out of more than 2 million New Yorkers who live in poverty, 1.6 million are adults and 420,000 are children.

Elisa, 35, who declined to give her surname, is a mother of six children. She is unemployed, barely survives on public assistance and lives in a shelter in Brownsville. She is fed up with the effects of inflation.

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