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Poverty

Global Citizen Festival returns to Central Park

  • Sep 29, 2024
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LISA of K-pop's 'Black Pink' announced as Global Citizen co-headliner

  • Jul 9, 2024

'Our America: In the Black Conversations' | Watch Episode 2

  • Jun 26, 2024
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'Our America: In the Black Conversations' | Watch Episode 1

  • Jun 20, 2024

Church's rooftop garden grows fresh produce to fight food insecurity

  • Apr 10, 2024

Global Citizens Festival returning to NYC's Central Park for 12th year

  • Apr 1, 2024

Study reveals 1 in 4 NYC kids lived in poverty in 2022

  • Feb 21, 2024

NYC Council considers bill on community pools in low-income areas

  • Apr 21, 2023

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WWII Veteran lived on one penny a day. He then rose to prominence as a Houston attorney.

  • May 14, 2025
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Teen on a mission to 'sock out' poverty!

  • Jun 5, 2021
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Global Citizens Festival returning to NYC's Central Park for 12th year

  • Apr 1, 2024
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Study reveals 1 in 4 NYC kids lived in poverty in 2022

  • Feb 21, 2024
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Columbia University releases new study on children in poverty in NYC

  • Feb 21, 2024
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Attorney says broken windows policing 'criminalizes poverty'

  • Apr 4, 2022
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Woman spends free time driving donations to people in need

  • Feb 23, 2021
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Long Island teen gives children with autism the opportunity to volunteer by tie-dying joggers

  • Nov 16, 2020

Latest Stories

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MRIs show stress from poverty, racism may alter brain development of Black children, study says

Researchers found that increased stressors like economic hardship and systemic racism play a significant role for Black children and can lead to the development of mental health issues as they age, the study said.

  • Feb 4, 2023

Our America: Poverty's disproportionate impact on New York's Asian American community

There is a stereotype that all Asian Americans are doing just fine financially, but they have some of the highest poverty rates in all of New York.

  • May 10, 2021
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Child tax credit: Some families to receive direct $300 monthly payments per child starting in July

A family with two parents earning less than $150,000 and three children under the age of 6 could see $17,800 in tax credits and stimulus payments this year.

  • Mar 11, 2021

Coronavirus by zip code New York City

Coronavirus cases are on the rise again in New York City. Use our interactive map to see where the cases are spiking.

  • Nov 13, 2020

Coronavirus Map: Check your zip code for NYC cases, tests, race and poverty details

While waiting for official NYC information to be released, 7 on your Side Investigates crunched its own data based on positive cases and where patients live. The zip codes in dark blue are the hardest hit and tend to be communities with a larger percentage of minorities and with higher poverty levels.

  • May 31, 2020