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Poverty and inequality in New York City
0:16:35
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Speaker Adams highlights the high poverty rates in New York City and criticizes the federal budget's impact on working families and wealth inequality.
- Notes that the proportion of New Yorkers living in poverty is almost double the national average and increasing
- Mentions that one in four children in NYC is living in poverty
- Criticizes the budget for slashing resources for working families while providing tax cuts for the wealthiest
Adrienne E. Adams
0:16:35
This all comes as the proportion of New Yorkers living in poverty is almost double the national average and has been increasing.
0:16:43
One in four children is living in poverty, and this federal budget is slashing resources for working families all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest.
0:16:53
As the richest person in the world who no one elected attacks services for working families.
0:17:02
Most of these tax cuts would go to the wealthiest 10% of the nation, half of which would go to the top 1% earning over $700,000 a year.