Tag Archives: Health

May 19, 2014 · 10:58 am

Assignment 6: Guest Post

 

For this post I would like to introduce a guest post of mine on a fellow peer’s blog.  In Abao’s blogs he expresses his outlook on ads in New York City’s transit system.  The good the bad and the ugly is a good way to translate his view’s on certain aspects of advertisement in the subway.  In my posting I express the need for conscientious thinking in advertising more specifically our civil and health needs.  Being a commuter myself I see countless of useless information being plastered on the subway.  From inside the subway, on the platform, and above ground there are countless ads promoting everything this modern era has to offer. So in my post I tried to promote the need for advertisement on our health, and civil needs correlating, and hopefully branching out to other issue like our environmental needs.

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/groups/abaoad/

Leave a Comment

Filed under advertisement, Food Insecurity, Politics, Uncategorized

Tagged as , , ,

May 12, 2014 · 10:30 am

Effects of New York’s Income disparities 3 of 4

In addition to these disturbing facts there are also accompanied with some other alarming statistics.  The Parrott points out that the 90,000 people that represent New York City’s one percent have an average household income of $3.7 million dollars.  While at the same time there are 900,000 residents of New York City that are consider to be in deep poverty. For a family of four living in deep poverty that translate to about $10,500 a year.  He also reports the average income for a household in New York City is below $30,000 a year while the top one percent makes about $10,137 a day. Making New York State and New York City the most “polarized” within the 50 States and 25 major cities across America.  With the presented information Parrott attempts to sort the disparity in income in America between inflation, the need for a higher skilled workforce, and political incentive.  It is evident with the information given that your income can and will determine how well you can feed and care for your family.

Source: Juanita But, Mark Noonan, Sean Scanlan (2007) The Place Where We Dwell; Reading and Writing of New York City, PG180, As The Income Gap Widens written by James Parrott

Leave a Comment

Filed under Finances, Food Insecurity, Income, Politics

Tagged as , , ,

· 10:20 am

Effects of New York’s Income disparities 2 of 4

 

Going back to the post-war era the United States economy was steadily climbing.  The middle class grew and those living in poverty where able to work their way out creating better lives for themselves and their families. It was a good time for everyone even the top one percent reap the benefits with gains in theirs markets.  This was the case for many Americans until the 80’s when something change.  Between 1980 and 1990 the top one percent national average income was a steady 12%.  In New York City it Jump from the national 12% to 20% all within the same decade. By 1990 New York City was creating the beginning of what yet to come.  Entering 1990 there was no end in sight by the end of the decade the top one percent’s gross income reached a staggering 35%.  After idling on the top due to a recession the top one percent’s gross income in New York City double the national high of 23.5% and by 2007 their shared gross income was at 44%. With the top 1 percent receiving 44% of the income in the U.S. they’re leaving those families living in deep poverty to rely on the systems food benefit programs. Although they will be receiving monthly food stamps, they’re force to purchase high sodium and Trans fat foods that only creates secondary long term health conditions like obesity and diabetes.

Source: Juanita But, Mark Noonan, Sean Scanlan (2007) The Place Where We Dwell; Reading and Writing of New York City, PG180, As The Income Gap Widens

Leave a Comment

Filed under Food Insecurity, Income, Politics

Tagged as , , ,