Washington Failed to Expand the Child Tax Credit. Can Albany Get Kids Out of Poverty Instead?
One in five kids in New York live in poverty. Legislators are pushing Hochul to fulfill her promise to cut that rate in half.
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“Often the birth of a child will trigger a spell of poverty.”
The idea for the Working Families Tax Credit “came from a frustration born out of the expiration of the federal expanded child credit.”
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