To ‘eradicate poverty’ in the City of Rochester, we’ll need to create jobs. But we’ll have to do much, much more.
Rochester poverty
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The roots of our poverty
In 1970, a City Observatory report notes, 2693
residents of Rochester and close-in suburbs lived in census tracts with a high
poverty level. In 2010, that number had grown to 37,670.
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Public Market tokens help SNAP users
The frigid weather didn’t deter a determined stream of customers at the Rochester Public Market from finding Margaret O’Neill for Market Tokens on a recent Thursday. O’Neill is the program director for the Friends of the Rochester Public Market and she manages the token program, which she says is a main access to nutritional foods […]
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Are we really willing to tackle poverty?
Maybe the new Anti-Poverty Task Force will come up with a bold plan. But I’m not optimistic.
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Vargas’s bold plan for the school district
Want to read something that will break your heart? Sitting on my desk at work is a hefty group of reports collected over the years, including numerous ones produced by the Rochester school district. Among them is a survey of initiatives designed to provide a better education for the district’s poorest, African American children: a […]
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Lovely Warren’s next campaign
Even if she hadn’t won last week, Lovely Warren would deserve credit for focusing relentlessly on the existence of “two Rochesters” during her campaign for mayor. Dealing with poverty and its consequences in Rochester’s inner city is the most important challenge this city faces. In less than two months, Warren will be responsible for leading […]
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Blacks, poverty, and the future of Rochester
It’s tempting to feel optimistic about some of the things happening in Rochester, especially in a spring like this one, with the weather in the 70’s and neighborhoods throughout the city awash in flowers. The Midtown site is getting ready for new streets (and, we hope, new development), stories keep trickling in about new businesses […]
