New York City Lags in Volunteerism, Study Finds

The New York Sun reports:

While New York City has no shortage of charitable benefactors — Mayor Bloomberg is among a handful of city residents who made BusinessWeek's list of America's "most generous philanthropists" — the city has one of the nation's lowest rates of volunteerism, a new study shows.

In a report gauging the percentage of residents who participated in hands-on volunteer work in the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas, New York ranked 48, behind only Miami and Las Vegas. The first-of-its-kind study, to be released today by the Corporation for National & Community Service in Washington, links low rates of home ownership, high population density, and longer-than-average reported commutes — New York City fits into all three categories — to lower levels of volunteerism.

But,the "progressives" tell us high tax places with big welfare states are more compassionate.Imagine that.