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Maskin Asserts: 2,000 Children In Poverty – ‘And That’s High’

Maskin Asserts: 2,000 Children In Poverty – ‘And That’s High’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Daniel Maskin, Opportunities for Otsego president, wants people to rethink poverty. “Most people who are poor work,” he said. “They’re not sitting on their porch drinking beer. But where in this county can working class families get substantial jobs that support their families? There aren’t a lot of those.” The annual poverty report, put together by the state’s…