The interesting thing is that for them that makes sense, the poor people are not white on the coast, but for the "fly over states" there is a ton of poor white people with drug addictions and poor education.
Googling suggests "The Poverty Rate of white residents in New York, New York is the same as than [sic] the national average."
Source: https://www.welfareinfo.org/poverty-rate/new-york/new-york
In that link you'll find the poverty rate is higher for non-whites but that doesn't change that there are indeed poor white people on the coast.