Bloomberg's Real Antipoverty Record

• Published in: The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition
• Main Authors: Wolfson, Harold, Gibbs, Linda
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, N.Y Dow Jones & Company Inc 18.12.2013
• Edition: Eastern edition
• Subjects: Bloomberg, Michael; Employment; Homeless people; Mayors; Poverty; Welfare; United States > US; New York City New York

[...]while the nation's poverty rate has grown by 28% over the last 12 years, New York City's has remained flat. Since 2005, street homelessness is down 28% in New York City, in part because Mr. Bloomberg's administration began to count the number. The administration has connected the...