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The GOP managed to stave off a massive redistricting after the last census. This time around, they may have no choice but to accept the demographic realities -- and a loss of power.
Recent Demographics Articles from the Gotham Gazette:
Census Could Set Off Major Redistricting in State
| Documenting the Undocumented
Links in the News ...
- City Launches Effort to Count Illegal Immigrants (WNYC)
- City's Poverty Standard Shows Higher Rise than Federal (NY Times)
- Whites Become Minority in Council (Associated Press)
- Middle Class Leaving New York State, Study Finds (Wall Street Journal)
- Most Low-Income New Yorkers have Less than $1,000 in Bank (Crain's)
- Job Losses Show Wider Racial Gap in New York (NY Times)
Researching Demographics ...
Opportunities for Public Housing Residents
This new report by the Pratt Center and the Brooklyn Community Foundation outlines strategies for creating and increasing opportunities for public housing residents to climb out of poverty. (October 29, 2009)
Escape from New York
The state has lost 1.5 million people or 8 percent of its population since 2000, according to a new report by the Empire Center, a part of the Manhattan Institute. According to "Empire State Exodus," New York lost more residents to other states than any other state during this period. Despite that, immigrants from other countries continued to come here, resulting in a slight increase in the state's population over the last eight years. (October 28, 2009)
Poverty in New York
More than 1.5 million New Yorkers -- and 25 percent of all city children -- lived in poverty last year, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the New York City Coalition Against Hunger. The total is down slightly from 2007, but represents a rise of 126,458 people from the year 2002. The coalition cautioned that the numbers do not reflect the full force of the economic downturn and do not include many homeless people who the Census Bureau did not count. (September 30, 2009)
State of the City's Housing and Neighborhoods
The 2008 State of the City’s Housing & Neighborhoods report by the Furman Center found that city investments into affordable housing in poor neighborhoods is more closely associated with limiting housing declines during a downturn than any other neighborhood characteristic. Overall, it found that predicting which neighborhoods will do well and which will fare poorly is difficult. (March 13, 2009)
Middle Class Squeeze
It is becoming increasingly difficult to afford a middle-class lifestyle in New York City, and as a result, people are leaving the five boroughs, according to a report released last week by the Center for an Urban Future. The report found that a middle-class lifestyle that costs $50,000 a year in Houston would cost $120,000 in Manhattan. New York's other boroughs are becoming almost as expensive, with Queens now the fifth most costly urban area to live in the United States. At least partly as a result, the city saw a net loss of 151,441 people in 2006. (February 9, 2009)
This new report by the Pratt Center and the Brooklyn Community Foundation outlines strategies for creating and increasing opportunities for public housing residents to climb out of poverty. (October 29, 2009)
Escape from New York
The state has lost 1.5 million people or 8 percent of its population since 2000, according to a new report by the Empire Center, a part of the Manhattan Institute. According to "Empire State Exodus," New York lost more residents to other states than any other state during this period. Despite that, immigrants from other countries continued to come here, resulting in a slight increase in the state's population over the last eight years. (October 28, 2009)
Poverty in New York
More than 1.5 million New Yorkers -- and 25 percent of all city children -- lived in poverty last year, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the New York City Coalition Against Hunger. The total is down slightly from 2007, but represents a rise of 126,458 people from the year 2002. The coalition cautioned that the numbers do not reflect the full force of the economic downturn and do not include many homeless people who the Census Bureau did not count. (September 30, 2009)
State of the City's Housing and Neighborhoods
The 2008 State of the City’s Housing & Neighborhoods report by the Furman Center found that city investments into affordable housing in poor neighborhoods is more closely associated with limiting housing declines during a downturn than any other neighborhood characteristic. Overall, it found that predicting which neighborhoods will do well and which will fare poorly is difficult. (March 13, 2009)
Middle Class Squeeze
It is becoming increasingly difficult to afford a middle-class lifestyle in New York City, and as a result, people are leaving the five boroughs, according to a report released last week by the Center for an Urban Future. The report found that a middle-class lifestyle that costs $50,000 a year in Houston would cost $120,000 in Manhattan. New York's other boroughs are becoming almost as expensive, with Queens now the fifth most costly urban area to live in the United States. At least partly as a result, the city saw a net loss of 151,441 people in 2006. (February 9, 2009)
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
The Furman Center at NYU's Wagner School explores issues and challenges affecting cities and metropolitan regions. The Center issues reports and conducts forums that include participants from government, business, and the nonprofit sectors.
Social Explorer
Developed by Demographics page contributor Andy Beveridge and funded by the National Science Foundation. Draws on a variety of materials organized over a long time span, Beveridge and his co-workers are developing a site to allow one to interactively explore New York City, soon Los Angeles, and as part of the National Science Digital Library effort other locales. Take a look and take a spin using the dynamic maps!
The education of immigrant children in New York City, a round-up
Nearly one third of the total student population in New York City schools is made up of immigrants, and the proportion is rising steadily. This digest presents an overview of all the factors that influence the education of immigrant children, concentrating on the students' needs, aspirations, and attainment, and on the public policies directed at them.
Bronx Community Board One
Bronx Community Board 1, which represents the South Bronx, has a Web site with a simple map, a list of the members and a calendar of monthly meetings, a page of demographic information, and a lengthy description of the district and its needs. All of the Web sites for the Bronx Community Boards are based on the same template.
US/NYS Departments of Labor
An exemplary source is the Local Area Unemployment Statistics unit of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each month the Bureau, in a joint undertaking with the State, provides county by county estimates of the employment status of the working age population.
The Furman Center at NYU's Wagner School explores issues and challenges affecting cities and metropolitan regions. The Center issues reports and conducts forums that include participants from government, business, and the nonprofit sectors.
Social Explorer
Developed by Demographics page contributor Andy Beveridge and funded by the National Science Foundation. Draws on a variety of materials organized over a long time span, Beveridge and his co-workers are developing a site to allow one to interactively explore New York City, soon Los Angeles, and as part of the National Science Digital Library effort other locales. Take a look and take a spin using the dynamic maps!
The education of immigrant children in New York City, a round-up
Nearly one third of the total student population in New York City schools is made up of immigrants, and the proportion is rising steadily. This digest presents an overview of all the factors that influence the education of immigrant children, concentrating on the students' needs, aspirations, and attainment, and on the public policies directed at them.
Bronx Community Board One
Bronx Community Board 1, which represents the South Bronx, has a Web site with a simple map, a list of the members and a calendar of monthly meetings, a page of demographic information, and a lengthy description of the district and its needs. All of the Web sites for the Bronx Community Boards are based on the same template.
US/NYS Departments of Labor
An exemplary source is the Local Area Unemployment Statistics unit of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each month the Bureau, in a joint undertaking with the State, provides county by county estimates of the employment status of the working age population.
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