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Poverty report confirms rising numbers

Sunday, March 22, 2009

By Sara Foss (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

About a quarter of Schenectadians live below the poverty line. Almost 40 percent of children in Albany County live in poverty. And experts predict that these figures will only get worse in the coming year. ...

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