Even as a single person with no kids, living in Manhattan requires a salary of $68,338, according to MIT’s Living Wage ...

In 2025, the cost of living in the New York metro area rose by about 4 percent, with rent up 4.7 percent and child care and school-related costs up nearly 6 percent, well above the national average.

Astronomical rents and housing scarcity are pervasive problems in America's most populous city of 8.5 million people where one in four people cannot afford life's essentials.

Warshaw’s ad was produced by the same firm that made ads for Zohran Mamdani, the assemblyman who was unexpectedly chosen by Democrats as their nominee in the race for New York City mayor in June.

Kabir Khanna, Ph.D., is Director, Election Analytics & Technical Systems at CBS News. He analyzes elections and public opinion through survey research and data science tools. On election nights, he ...