- N.J.’s low-income households still reeling from Hurricane Sandy: Study, By Stephen Stirling, October 26, 2013, Star-Ledger: “New Jersey’s low income households were disproportionally affected by Hurricane Sandy and received a starkly small amount of federal assistance in the year following the storm, according to a new study released by Rutgers University. The study, released Friday by the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration, analyzes reams of state and federal data to paint a comprehensive picture of where New Jersey is one year after Sandy struck, and shows the state still needs tens of billions of dollars of work to truly recover from the storm…”
- Public housing residents relying on agency still recovering from storm, By Mireya Navarro, October 29, 2013, New York Times: “The midday food giveaways at Gravesend Houses in Coney Island began soon after Hurricane Sandy, and are still going strong. A year after the storm, the food line is one of many reminders of the persistent vulnerability of New York City’s public housing and the hundreds of thousands of people who live in the projects…”
Tag: New Jersey
Poverty in New Jersey
- Poverty in N.J. reaches 52-year high, new report shows, By Brent Johnson, September 8, 2013, Star-Ledger: “Poverty in New Jersey continued to grow even as the national recession lifted, reaching a 52-year high in 2011, according to a report released today. The annual survey by Legal Services of New Jersey found 24.7 percent of the state’s population — 2.1 million residents — was considered poor in 2011. That’s a jump of more than 80,000 people — nearly 1 percent higher than the previous year and 3.8 percent more than pre-recession levels…”
- Poverty hitting 50-year highs in N.J., By Alfred Lubrano, September 8, 2013, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Poverty in New Jersey has reached levels not seen in 50 years, as more than two million people from Sussex to Cape May Counties founder in a deepening struggle to keep themselves and their families fed, housed, and healthy. The troubling findings, part of a report spotlighting poverty in 2011, were released Sunday by Legal Services of New Jersey’s Poverty Research Institute. The report is called ‘Poverty Benchmarks 2013…'”
Unemployment Rate – New Jersey
The recession’s toll: Number of N.J. children with an unemployed parent has spiked dramatically, Census says, By Stephen Stirling, August 29, 2013, Star-Ledger: “A new U.S. Census study shows New Jersey is slowly crawling back after faltering dramatically during the Great Recession. And families with children may have the highest climb. The number of New Jersey families with children who have at least one unemployed parent has risen sharply since 2005, at nearly double the national rate…”