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Experts say LI rate underestimates level of poverty
Long Island's poverty rates remained largely unchanged in 2008 from the previous year, continuing to fall well below national and state levels, according to new census data out Tuesday.
But experts say the figures likely underestimate the level of poverty here, since the region's high cost of living is not factored into the federal poverty formula.
The 2008 poverty rate for Nassau...
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