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UNEQUAL BUDGET:
THE IMPACT OF 2011-12 STATE BUDGET PROPOSALSON NEW YORK COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
 
 
 
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Acknowledgements
This report was written collaboratively by: Citizen Action of New York, Public Policyand Education Fund of New York, Community Voices Heard, Make the Road NY,Alliance for Quality Education, New York Immigration Coalition, and the Drum MajorInstitute.A special thanks to Ada Welch, for her research and assistance drafting this report.
 
 
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INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
During these difficult economic times many New Yorkers are experiencing increasedhardships. Unemployment looms large at 8.3 percent, foreclosure rates continue to rise,and the percentage of New Yorkers living in poverty has reached a 15-year high of 14.2percent.
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 While the recession has impacted many New Yorkers, it has been especially devastatingfor communities of color.
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Historically, New Yorkers of color have battled above-average unemployment and poverty rates. The recession has exacerbated thesedisparities.
 
The latest statistics show that the median income of African American NewYorkers is 65.4 percent of their white counterparts’. Latinos fare even worse: theirmedian income is just 62.3 percent of white New Yorkers’ income.
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In a survey of low-income New Yorkers, the Community Service Society foundthat “low-income Latinos were hit the hardest by the recession in the area of employment, with more than one in four losing a job, and more than three in 10reporting a loss of wages, hours, and /or tips in the past year.”
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According to the survey, 26 percent of low-income Latinos reported losing theirjobs in the past year, 31 percent had their wages reduced.
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 Now more than ever New Yorkers need policies to promote economic recovery. Toresolve our estimated $10 billion budget deficit, legislators should generate revenue toprotect programs that support education and services for our most vulnerable residents.
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Erickhom, E. (2010, September 16) Recession Raises Poverty Rate to a 15-Year High.
The New York Times
.Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/us/17poverty.html
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The term community/communities of color refers to the African American, Latino and Asian communities
 
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U.S. Census Bureau. (2009) American FactFinder Subject Tables: New York Median Income in the Past 12 Months(In 2009 Inflation Adjusted Dollars). Retrieved from: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_S1903&-geo_id=04000US36&-context=st&-ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_&-tree_id=5309&-_lang=en&-format=&-CONTEXT=st
 
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Community Service Society (2010).
The Unheard Third 2010
: Hardship and Personal Worries for Low Income NewYorkers. Retrieved from:http://www.cssny.org/userimages/downloads/UnheardThird2010HardshipsandPersonalWorries.pdf 
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