Half of all children in Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and Schenectady live in poverty.

http://fiscalpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/FPI-Pulling-Apart-Nov-15-2012.pdf

The richest one percent of the population in New York State saw its share of total income rise
from about10 percent in 1980—roughly the same as the national average—to 17 percent in 1990,
and to 28 percent in 2000. After dipping briefly following the early 2000s recession, the top one
percent’s share jumped to 35 percent in 2007, the peak year before the 2008-09 Great Recession.
Nationally, the one percent’s share rose from 10 percent in 1980 to nearly 24 percent in 2007.
For New York City, the top one percent’s share increased from 12 percent in 1980 to 44 percent
in 2007. Slightly over half of the state’s millionaires (22,516 out of 44,070) were New York City
residents in 2007.
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012

Most of the gains in the period from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s
flowed to the richest 5% of households in New York State

Between the late 1990s and the mid 2000s, those in the top five percent of New York households
saw their incomes increase, on average, from $290,000 to $337,000 (a gain of $47,000, or 16
percent). Those in the middle quintile, on the other hand, experienced a much smaller $1,900
gain (or just 3 percent), with their incomes, on average, inching ahead from $61,100 to $63,000.
And for those in the bottom quintile saw no meaningful income increase over this period, with
their incomes remaining around $19,500.

New York State has the greatest degree of income inequality among
the 50 states

Things are improving.   Want some Kool Aid?

those not in poverty were at the building block emmys at proctors.....

This can't be true.....the METROPLEX/GILLEN has brought in 5000 new jobs!!!
Taxes have decreased.
The school system is rated #1.
Crime is all but absent.
There are no tax exempt businesses.

........and we all live in the land of OZ with the dimwits behind the curtain pulling the corrupt strings!

Wow, all the democraps are doing a GREAT JOB as leaders

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Things are improving.   Want some Kool Aid?

Keep looking the other way McCheesy. They don't live near you....just pretend they don't exist..kinda' like you do with the taxpayers being forced into bankruptcy.

Of all the segments of society, my heart always hurts when we realize our City children are living in poverty.

it's in the water

Rome always needs cheap workers

house cleaners
child care
elder care
waiters
waitresses
dishwashers
etc etc....

DON'T TAX THE RICH-------CHARGE THEM MORE.....WHAT'S YOUR VALUE?

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CharacterQuote
Unknown
Earth-That-Was...
Teacher
could no longer sustain our numbers, we were so many.
We found a new solar system...
dozens of planets and hundreds of moons.
Each one terraformed, a process taking decades...
to support human life. To be new Earths.
The central planets formed the Alliance.
Ruled by an interplanetary parliament...
the Alliance was a beacon of civilization.
The savage outer planets were not so enlightened...
and refused Alliance control.
The war was devastating.
But the Alliance's victory over the Independents...
ensured a safer universe.
And now, everyone can enjoy the comfort...
and enlightenment of true civilization.
Unknown
Why were the Independents even fighting us?
Why wouldn't they look to be more civilized?
I hear they're cannibals. That's only Reavers.
Reavers aren't real. Full well they are.
I heard they attack settlers from space...
and kill them, and wear their skins...
and rape them for hours and hours...
It's true that there are dangers on the outer planets.
So with so many social and medical advancements...
we can bring to the Independents...
why would they fight so hard against us?
We meddle.
River?
Young River
People don't like to be meddled with.
We tell them what to do, what to think.
Don't run, don't walk.
We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right.
We're meddlesome.
River, we're not telling people what to think...
Unknown
we're just trying to show them how.

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You suppose he got through?
Do you think Mal got the word out?
Zoë
He got through. I know he got through.
The Operative
I'm sorry.
You should know there's no shame in this.
You've done remarkable things.
But you're fighting a war...
you've already lost.
Mal
Well, I'm known for that.
Piece of shrapnel tore up that nerve cluster my first tour.
Had it moved.
Sorry about the throat.
Expect you'd want to say your famous last words right now.
Just one trouble.
I ain't gonna kill you.
Hell, I'm gonna grant your greatest wish.
I'm gonna show you a world without sin.
Unknown
These are just a few of the few images we've recorded.
And you can see...
it isn't what we thought.
There's been no war here...
and no terraforming event. The environment is stable.

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Mal
This is the source?
Unknown
This ship's banged up all to hell.
Dr. Caron
These are just a few of the few images we've recorded.
And you can see...
it isn't what we thought.
There's been no war here...
and no terraforming event. The environment is stable.
It's the Pax.

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The G-23 Paxilon Hydroclorate that we added to the air processors.
It was supposed to calm the population, weed out aggression.
Well, it works.
The people here stopped fighting.
And then they stopped everything else.
They stopped going to work...
they stopped breeding, talking, eating.
There's 30 million people here, and they all just let themselves die.
Unknown
I have to be quick.
About a tenth of a percent of...
the population had the opposite reaction to the Pax.

I have a solution. Give them free baby sitting for their rugrats when they go to Proctors.

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CharacterQuote
Mal
This is the source?
Unknown
This ship's banged up all to hell.
Dr. Caron
These are just a few of the few images we've recorded.
And you can see...
it isn't what we thought.
There's been no war here...
and no terraforming event. The environment is stable.
It's the Pax.

Did you watch the Firefly: Browncoats Unite! 10th Anniversary Special on Scienece Channel?

Children or adults living in proverty is a liberal wackos dream.
It keeps them on the government teet which in turn secures votes.
Folks in poverty who rely on the government for their existance are NOT going to bite the hand that feeds them.

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New York State has the greatest degree of income inequality among
the 50 states

Hey box, how can this be?  New York is the darkest of BLUE STATES.  With all the good paying Union Jobs that allow people to finance beautiful homes, the only conclusion can be is that this study surely is incorrect.  

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Hey box, how can this be?  New York is the darkest of BLUE STATES.  With all the good paying Union Jobs that allow people to finance beautiful homes, the only conclusion can be is that this study surely is incorrect.  

It's YOUR POST, YOUR FACT, not mine.

My guess... if you add millionaires and billionaires to any state, your could increase that figure.