City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams wants to expand guaranteed income pilot programs that give cash-strapped New Yorkers money with no strings attached as a way to reduce poverty.
— are also exploring unrestricted cash assistance for residents to use as needed.
“It is really exciting to see this investment from the City Council and it’s definitely the most significant we've seen in direct cash by New York leaders,” Megha Agarwal, executive director at theThe Bridge Project currently has 600 mothers participating in its guaranteed income programs in select neighborhoods in northern Manhattan and the Bronx, Agarwal said. Each mother receives $1,000 a month for the first 18 months and $500 a month for the last 18 months.
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