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While our annual Poverty Tracker reports provide critical information on the dynamics of poverty and other forms of disadvantage, our special spotlight reports shed light on more timely and nuanced aspects of poverty. Winter 2024 Annual Poverty Tracker Report: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City, Vol. 6 This year’s report documents the largest year-over-year increase in poverty since we began conducting the study in 2012. The overall poverty rate in the city increased from 18% in 2021 to 23% in 2022. Read the Report Poverty Tracker Reports Issue: All All Annual Report Covid 19 Education Financial Security Food Hardship Health & Well-Being Households With Children Housing Hardship Racial Equity Special Reports March 2024 Portrait of Disadvantage Among Women in New York City in 2022 February 2024 Annual Report: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City Vol. 6 November 2023 Spotlight on: Food Hardship and Compounding Financial and Health Issues September 2023 Early Childhood Poverty Tracker: Spotlight on 3K for All and Mother’s Labor Force Participation August 2023 Spotlight on: Liquid Assets, Financial Shocks, and Entrances into Material Hardship April 2023 Early Childhood Poverty Tracker: Spotlight on Education; Participation in NYC’s 3-K for All Program April 2023 Early Childhood Poverty Tracker: Spotlight on Education Pre- and Post COVID-19 April 2023 Special Series: Health and Health Care in New York City Vol. 2 March 2023 Spotlight on: Work and Education After the Pandemic January 2023 Annual Report: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City Vol. 5 November 2022 Spotlight on Food Assistance in New York City July 2022 Early Childhood Poverty Tracker: Poverty and Hardship Among Families with Young Children Before and During the Pandemic May 2022 Annual Poverty Tracker Report: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City Vol. 4, and a Spotlight on Asian-American New Yorkers March 2022 Early Childhood Poverty Tracker: Spotlight on Health Insurance and Health care for NYC Families with Children March 2022 Early Childhood Poverty Tracker: Spotlight on Mental Health Disparities Among Parents March 2022 Spotlight on: The Child Tax Credit February 2022 Special Series: Health and Health Care in New York City Vol. 1 January 2022 Spotlight on: Housing Policy November 2021 Spotlight on: Food Hardship in NYC During the Pandemic October 2021 Spotlight on: Occupations & Mobility October 2021 Spotlight on: Direct Cash Benefits During the Pandemic July 2021 Early Childhood Poverty Tracker: Child Care Affordability, Accessibility, and the Costs of Disruption February 2021 Annual Poverty Tracker Report: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City Vol. 3 February 2021 Spotlight on: Life in New York City During COVID-19 November 2020 Spotlight on: Policing November 2020 Spotlight on: Food Hardship and COVID-19 October 2020 Spotlight on: COVID-19 and the Deepening Economic Insecurity, Racial Inequity April 2020 Spotlight on: COVID-19 and Paid Sick Leave in NYC February 2020 Annual Poverty Tracker Report: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City Vol. 2 November 2019 Spotlight on: Mapping Hunger in NYC November 2019 Early Childhood Poverty Tracker: The Youngest New Yorkers June 2019 Spotlight on: Emergency Expenses and Financial Shocks April 2019 Spotlight on: Forced Moves and Eviction in New York City February 2019 Spotlight on: Hope and Opportunity December 2018 Annual Report: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City Vol. 1 December 2018 Spotlight on: Public Charge November 2018 Spotlight on: Food Hardship October 2018 Spotlight on: Children’s Services May 2018 Spotlight on: Single-Parent Households in NYC May 2018 Spotlight on: Paid Sick Leave December 2017 Shortchanged: Underemployment in New York City December 2017 Spotlight on: SNAP December 2016 Spotlight on: Why Don’t Low-Income New Yorkers Seek Help? October 2016 The Persistence of Poverty in New York City March 2016 Dynamics of Disadvantage in New York City October 2014 Meeting Needs of Low-Income New Yorkers April 2014 Poverty Tracker: Income, Hardship, & Health in NYC See More Follow the Data With Us Receive the latest insights from Robin Hood’s Poverty Tracker report, delivered straight to your inbox. This field is required. This field is required. This field is required. Please check your inbox to confirm your subscription. Policy Reports We fund innovative research studies to better understand the impact that poverty has on individuals and families and the programmatic and policy interventions that can most effectively reduce poverty and improve outcomes for New Yorkers. July 2021 From Crisis to Opportunity: A Policy Agenda for an Equitable NYC In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in partnership with the Century Foundation and Next100, Robin Hood released a policy agenda to act as a blueprint for our City’s new leadership to elevate New Yorkers out of poverty while tackling racial and economic inequities. Read the report Policy Reports Issue: All All Child care Criminal Justice Education Health Housing Hunger Jobs Racial Equity January 2024 Columbia University Center on Poverty & Social Policy: The Benefits and Costs of Expanding Paid Parental Leave in New York State January 2024 The New School Center for NYC Affairs: New York’s 2024 Economic and Budget Outlook - Post-Pandemic Reckoning for the City and the State November 2023 Urban Institute: How Will Implementing Class Size Caps in New York City Affect Funding Equity? October 2023 Center for an Urban Future: Boosting Tech Career Success for CUNY Students - Doubling Down on CUNY 2X Tech September 2023 The New School Center for NYC Affairs: High Calling, Low Wages September 2023 Center for an Urban Future: Expanding On CS4ALL - Training NYC’s Future Teachers to Integrate Computing Education August 2023 Urban Institute: Class Size Reductions May Be Inequitably Distributed under a New Mandate in New York City April 2023 CSS: An Ounce of Prevention- Reforming the Hospital Financial Assistance Law Could Save Pounds of Patient Debt April 2023 Ed Trust-NY: The State of Early Literacy in New York March 2023 Center for an Urban Future: Playing New York’s Ace Card January 2023 Urban Institute: Expanding Inclusion in the Social Safety Net January 2023 NYU Furman Center: A State-Level Rent Voucher Program January 2023 Rand: Supporting Housing Affordability in New York City Through Increased Housing Production October 2022 Brookings: Keeping Promises While Keeping Score September 2022 Cambridge University Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis: The Benefits and Costs of a Child Allowance August 2022 Columbia University Center on Poverty & Social Policy: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Child Care Subsidy Expansions -The New York State Case July 2022 CSS: Discharged Into Debt - New York’s Nonprofit Hospitals Garnish Patients’ Wages June 2022 The New School Center for NYC Affairs: For one in 10 New York Workers: ‘Independent...