Monthly Archives: April 1999

April 15, 1999. City Project used this brief (available in pdf) for its Alterbudget agenda. Living Standards in New York City - The Foundation of Quality of Life Any discussion of quality of life in New York City needs to consider what is happening to living standards. Indeed, a decent income that provides for basic human material needs - shelter, food, medical care, clothing, etc. - should be the starting point for gauging a community's "quality of life". In this sense, living standards are the [...]

April 8, 1999. Over 500,000 are women. Press release: A new analysis by the Washington-D.C. based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities confirms that Social Security is our nation's most important safety net program. In New York State, for example, over one million elderly would be living in poverty if it were not for Social Security. This essential social insurance program lifts a over 800,000 elderly New Yorkers out of poverty. Social Security is particularly important to the economic well-being of elderly women, who represent [...]