An Analysis of Income and Poverty During the First Year of the Pandemic

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 15, 2022

Stephon Johnson, Manhattan reporter at The City, discusses their new analysis of the Census Bureau’s 2020 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, which revealed, among other trends, that federal assistance significantly reduced the child poverty rate in The Bronx during the first year of the pandemic.

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