WHO: Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, Chair, Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Ron Deutsch, Interim Executive Director, Fiscal Policy Institute
Karla Digirolamo, CEO of the NYS Community Action Association
Dan Irizarry, Chairman, Capital District LATINOS
Latino State Senators and Assemblymembers WHAT: Child poverty rates across New York State’s major cities have surpassed the 50% mark in an alarming trend that threatens the economic and social stability of the State. Latino lawmakers, on the eve of the 28th annual legislative conference, will unveil the new child-poverty data for all ethnic/racial groups living in major cities across the State. Joining them will be leading anti-poverty advocates who will present practical solutions that can be implemented this session. WHEN: Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:30 AM WHERE: LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, Room 130, Albany, NY WHY: The alarming rates of child poverty in New York have reached epidemic proportions for all ethnic and racial groups. In every major city in New York, those rates now exceed 50%. In one New York State city alone, 70% of black children live below the federal poverty line. The release of this alarming data is part of the efforts by the Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force to increase awareness on major demographic changes negatively impacting New York and needing remedy. Please click here to view the child poverty report.