Bloomberg Seeks New Way to Decide Who Is Poor »
Posted By Beau7890 9 months, 1 week ago in NewsThe 42-year-old federal poverty standard, which is pegged to the annual cost of buying basic groceries, is widely viewed as crude and imprecise. NYC's formula would count the money families must spend annually on necessities including rent, utilities and child care. But it would also factor in the value of assistance received, like housing vouchers
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