New York families need six-figure incomes to live without government assistance in all five boroughs of New York City, according to two new reports.
One report, released by the Fund for the City of New York, measures the “self-sufficiency standard,” or the income a working household needs to earn to meet its basic needs without receiving any government or private assistance. The analysis has been released regularly since the year 2000.
The median annual income necessary for a four-person family with two school-age kids to afford to live in the city reached $133,000 in 2026, according to the report. ...
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