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Story at a glance Over half of New York City residents either live in poverty or are low-income, according to a new report from anti-poverty nonprofit Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy. The number of people across the five boroughs living in poverty jumped from 1.5 million to 2 million…
NEW YORK — Not long after Crystal Springs started her new job at a large insurance company in midtown Manhattan this year, she realized that a much bigger chunk of her paycheck than she expected was going directly to child care for her 5-year old daughter. Springs had dreamed that the job, which allowed her and her husband to make about $200,000 a year combined, would help provide a comfortable middle-class life for her family in Ozone Park, Queens. But as bills mounted and her daughter’s routin