That report, which is entitled Taking New York Backwards: Pataki Commission's Tax Cuts
Exacerbate Inequality and Favor the Wealthy, details the flawed budgeting and severe inequity of the recommendations, which fail to adequately address urgent needs in education funding,
health care, infrastructure investments, and progressive tax relief for lower and middle - income families.
«It is important to understand such patterns, because if
inequality in the offline world translates into differential resources online, especially those that affect
health over time, then new technologies like social network sites could
exacerbate rather than reduce
health disparities.»
Older people are at much higher risk of dying during extreme heat events.136, 50,241,233 Pre-existing
health conditions also make older adults susceptible to cardiac and respiratory impacts of air pollution25 and to more severe consequences from infectious diseases; 257 limited mobility among older adults can also increase flood - related
health risks.258 Limited resources and an already high burden of chronic
health conditions, including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, will place the poor at higher risk of
health impacts from climate change than higher income groups.25, 50 Potential increases in food cost and limited availability of some foods will
exacerbate current dietary
inequalities and have significant
health ramifications for the poorer segments of our population (Ch.