Double Pandemic: Discrimination Experiences of New Yorkers of Chinese Descent During COVID-19
New Yorkers of Chinese descent have been suffering from the “double pandemic” of COVID-19 and racial discrimination. Over half of study participants reported experiencing discrimination and one third an incident of harassment. The vast majority of New Yorkers of Chinese descent are worried about their own safety and that of loved ones.
Direct Cash Benefits during the Pandemic: Spending, saving and returning to work
After being forced into unemployment by the pandemic, direct cash benefits allowed New Yorkers to avoid material hardship while adapting to a changing labor market. Using Poverty Tracker interviews, we also find that while New Yorkers put their COVID-relief benefits to good use, they did not substitute for work. Rather the benefits helped people secure their current, and even future, economic survival while they figured out when and how, and not if, to return to work.
Child Care, Affordability, Accessibility, and the Costs of Disruption
The Early Childhood Poverty Tracker data provide a window into how families–especially low-income parents–managed their child care needs before the onset of the pandemic.
Life in New York City during Covid-19
Using Poverty Tracker data, we explore the impacts the COVID-19 crisis has had on employment and income, housing security, food hardship, and internet access and remote learning. The crisis exacerbated hardships across the city, but the lives of the poorest New Yorkers and communities of color have been disproportionately impacted.
Disability in New York City: Poverty, hardship, and Covid-19
We highlight the hardships faced by New Yorkers with disabilities, exacerbated by the current economic crisis, and call for an inclusive anti-poverty agenda.
Spotlight on Hunger: Food hardship in New York City is rising as New Yorkers wait for a second federal stimulus bill
As New York City and the country continue to grapple with the health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of New Yorkers struggle to feed themselves and their families.
Spotlight on Policing: Despite the end of stop-and-frisk, Black New Yorkers continue to be over-policed
Amid nationwide debates about policing in our communities, results from the Poverty Tracker show that police continue to stop Black New Yorkers at alarmingly disproportionate rates compared to white New Yorkers.
Spotlight on COVID-19: The deepening economic insecurity and racial inequity
Using Poverty Tracker data, we find New Yorkers who were already in precarious economic positions bore the brunt of the initial economic fallout associated with COVID-19.
Paid Sick Leave in New York City: How are workers and families being protected during the COVID-19 pandemic?
While a robust paid sick policy is necessary during a pandemic to protect both people’s health and their paychecks, the Poverty Tracker reveals some of New York City’s most vulnerable, including low-income or part-time workers, continue to lose pay when sick.
Forced Moves and Evictions in New York City
The Poverty Tracker housing module provides a first look at the experiences and trajectories of New Yorkers who are forced out of their housing due to forced displacement or high rental costs and the efficacy of housing policies in curbing rates of forced moves.
Mapping Hunger in New York City
Many New Yorkers continue to struggle to afford food, and it’s often an ongoing challenge. Citywide, more than 50 percent of New Yorkers experienced food hardship at least once over a four-year period.
The Youngest New Yorkers: The Early Childhood Poverty Tracker
The Early Childhood Poverty Tracker is a longitudinal study launched by Robin Hood and Columbia University to shed light on the challenges and resources that shape the development of children during the critical early years.
Family Caregivers in New York City
About one in six New York City adults report taking care of an ill or disabled relative. Using Poverty Tracker data, we find that caregiving is a challenge faced by New Yorkers across all walks of life, with many facing financial, emotional and physical difficulties.
On the Precipice: An Analysis of the Vulnerability of New Yorkers to Financial Shocks
When measuring one’s financial security by whether a respondent has the ability to pay for an unanticipated financial shock, a sizable share of New Yorkers and Americans are living on a financial ledge—one emergency away from not being able to make ends meet.
New Yorkers’ Perception of Economic Mobility and Opportunity
The Poverty Tracker reveals how New Yorkers view their own and their children’s opportunities and found that most New Yorkers view the economy as unfair and opportunity as limited, but they are also optimistic about the future.
The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City in 2018
The Poverty Tracker annual report explores rates of income poverty, material hardship, and health problems in New York City between 2012 and 2017 and provides insights on who is able to successfully exit and remain out of poverty.
The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City, 2012—2017
Half of all adults living in New York City have experienced poverty at some point over the study’s four years. The Poverty Tracker annual report explores these trends in poverty and disadvantage as well as the push-pull factors that affect a family’s poverty status.
Public Charge: How a new policy could affect poverty in New York City
The Poverty Tracker reveals that proposed changes to the federal “public charge” rule could push between 60,000 and 115,000 New Yorkers, including up to 45,000 children into poverty. When accounting for a “chilling effect” the impacted population of New Yorkers is much greater.
Vulnerabilities and service needs of single-parent households in New York City
One third of children in New York City live in a single-parent household with much higher rates of poverty and material hardships.