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Manhattan Has Widest Wealth Gap in U.S.

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The wage gap is too damn high.

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East Coast politicians talking about inequality might want to look in their own backyard. The top 5 percent of households in Manhattan earn 88 times what the poorest 20 percent make, according to new Census data.

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