"There’s been a smart and sensible proposal in the state budget that will address the need for tax reforms to increase revenues from top earners and businesses. This also expands credits to workers and families with lower incomes."
Poverty has soared in the city with the ending of pandemic era aid, and children have borne the brunt of the hardship, a report from a research group found.
“We did not have the data to understand the scale of the issue in New York State until the ProPublica and Documented series came out last year,” state Sen. Jessica Ramos said.