Forty percent of Rochester's kids live in poverty, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Local leaders want to change that. A delegation of local elected officials, including ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — City Council Vice President LaShay D. Harris released a 200+ page report detailing 13 initiatives to enhance the lives of Rochester’s children. A December report by The Children’s ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — $25 million dollars of the state’s budget is being given to Rochester in an effort to address the poverty crisis in the city. Rochester is getting the most out of a $50 ...

Startling problem for Rochester and NY children may have fix New York is debating plans to give cash payments to new mothers to reduce child poverty. The stakes are crystal clear; Nearly 1 in 5 ...

One in five kids in New York live in poverty, with half in extreme “deep poverty,” one of the highest rates in the U.S., and officials hope to cut that number in half by 2031. A state council ...

A report on childhood poverty in Rochester outlines a lack of access to affordable childcare and pay gaps as some of the leading causes. The report, constructed by Rochester City Council Vice ...

$25 million dollars of the state’s budget is being given to Rochester in an effort to address the poverty crisis in the city. China's trade surplus tops $1 trillion despite plunge in US-bound exports ...