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October 03, 2008
The NYC Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) Poverty Measure and Older New Yorkers
DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2008
TIME: 10 a.m. -12 NOON
Location: Auditorium of VISIONS at SELIS MANOR
135 WEST 23RD STREET (between 6th & 7th Avenues)
PANELISTS:
- Commissioner Edwin Mendez-Santiago, New York City Department for the Aging
- Mark Levitan, Ph.D., Director of Poverty Research, NYC CEO
- Ron Richter, Family Services Coordinator, Office of Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs
DID YOU KNOW?
- Using the CEO Poverty Measure, almost 1 of every 3 older New Yorkers lives in poverty.
- Of all age groups, older persons age 65+ had the greatest increase in their poverty rate, when measured by the CEO Poverty Measure rather than the federal definition of poverty.
FIND OUT
Why and how the City’s Poverty Measure was constructed.
Presented by the New York Citizens' Committee on Aging.
Posted by Nancy at October 3, 2008 04:19 PM