By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.
Sal AlbaneseIt's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.
Sal AlbaneseWhen I talk about the city, I talk about a city that elevates people, which is the strength of New York. We always had the ability to do that. We had the services to do that: good schools, living-wage jobs. We're moving away from that toward a two-tiered system: a small group of very wealthy people and the rest of the city, poor and working poor.
Sal AlbaneseI cant solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.
Sal Albanese