New York - Third Of NY Jews Live In Poverty
New York - A new poll revealed that one third of New York Jews (329,000) live under or near the poverty line.
The surprising finding was revealed during a special session of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York. Among the participants were Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
According to the poll, approximately one million Jews live throughout New York's five boroughs, 225,000 of them under the poverty line. New York defines a family of four with an annual income of less than $26,000 as being poor.
Additionally, the poll showed that 104,000 Jews live near the poverty line - meaning in families of four with an annual income of less than $38,000. Most of the poor Jews live in Brooklyn and include ultra-Orthodox, elderly, Russian immigrants, and illegal Israelis living in New York.
The surprising finding was revealed during a special session of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York. Among the participants were Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
According to the poll, approximately one million Jews live throughout New York's five boroughs, 225,000 of them under the poverty line. New York defines a family of four with an annual income of less than $26,000 as being poor.
Additionally, the poll showed that 104,000 Jews live near the poverty line - meaning in families of four with an annual income of less than $38,000. Most of the poor Jews live in Brooklyn and include ultra-Orthodox, elderly, Russian immigrants, and illegal Israelis living in New York.
posted by VOS IZ NEIAS @ 6/14/2006 07:09:00 PM
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