The remaining two boroughs boast poverty rates below the national average, with the rate in Queens dropping from 13% to 12.2% and the rate on Staten Island falling from 12.8% to 10.9%, the lowest of ...
The communities of Lower Montague, Georgetown, Belfast and St Peter’s had some of the highest child poverty rates in 2022 according to the most recent PEI Child and Family Report Card.
The council voted Wednesday to endorse a $9 billion package of proposals that it estimates would provide financial support to more than 1.5 million families. The most impactful proposal, to expand and ...