Experts say the poverty rate increase is partly due to the end of pandemic-era enhanced child tax credits, which gave households up to $300 a month per child.
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PLATTSBURGH — Before Plattsburgh Cares suspended aid for refugees passing through the area, the group was a helpful resource for the Clinton County Department of Social Services.
Each spring, supporters gather at the State House for the annual METCO advocacy day. As fine an example of local activism as that is, this year’s should be the last such event. The Metropolitan Council for Economic Opportunity has been a clear success; its funding should be incorporated into the state’s education formula, and the program expanded. METCO, which was founded in