Economics
NYC’s Bronx Is Home to Nation’s Worst Economy for Young People
- Bloomberg index measures the prospects for 18-to-34-year-olds
- Criteria include being unemployed, living with parent, poverty
A mural honoring healthcare workers at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx is painted on a building in New York.
Photographer: Timothy A.Clary/AFP via Getty Images
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Before the coronavirus closed most of the U.S. economy, Ginessi Ortiz was a cashier at a shoe store. Her father made deliveries for a construction company, her brother was employed at a community center and her mother had babysitting jobs.
Now they’ve all been laid off. For Ortiz, 19, and her 24-year-old brother, it’s a setback for people already in one of the toughest places for young adults to advance: the Bronx.