Poverty specifically in Staten Island has not improved within the past ten years.
According to The New York Times and The Staten Island Advance, poverty has continued to grow in Staten Island. From the article "On Staten Island, Without a Lifeboat; Poverty Has Grown; Services to the Poor Have Not", the population of the poor increased 48% from 1990-2000. 56,000 people who were poor enough to be qualified for food stamps and welfare only had access to one city office. The soup kitchens and food pantries were not being financially stable enough. The high amounts of poverty that affected Staten Island was caused by high immigration levels and the amount of rent. Since there was a limited access to food pantries and soup kitchens, people would have to take long bus rides depending on where you lived.
According to "Staten Island's poverty continues to grow", poverty continues to
increase since The New York Times article from 2004. Out of the
five boroughs, Staten Island's poverty percentage is the least. There
are still 56,000 people living in Staten Island who are worried
financially about being able to feed themselves or their family.
According to the federal tally, a family of two adults and two children
living under a salary of $22,000 a year would qualify as being "poor".
The percentage of the poverty rate has increased because of minimum
wage, unemployment and layoffs.
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