A total of 1.4 million New Yorkers, including one in five city children, are currently living in poverty, according to an annual report by the non-profit Robin Hood, which shows that the city's poverty rate is nearly twice the national average and disproportionally impacts Black, Latino and Asian New Yorkers.

This is also the first time the study spotlights the experiences of Asian-American communities, finding that roughly 25% of Asian New Yorkers lived in poverty in 2020. This year's report, which was done in conjunction with Columbia University, examines how government policies, including direct cash transfers and tax credits, kept the poverty rate in our city from rising sharply during the pandemic. Robin Hood’s CEO Richard Buery joined Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” on Thursday to discuss the findings in more detail.