Paterson wants to guarantee $400 in monthly income, but can’t find 25 people who applied for it

Paterson wants to guarantee $400 in monthly income, but can't find 25 people who applied for it

Paterson Press PATERSON — City officials are struggling to contact about 25 people who were picked to receive debit cards worth $400 per month in Mayor Andre Sayegh’s guaranteed income experiment.

Officials said 4,025 Paterson residents submitted applications in April for the monthly no-strings-attached payments and the University of Pennsylvania then conducted a lottery last month to select 110 recipients.

The university and the city began notifying the lucky winners on May 24 and successfully reached 85 of them by Friday through phone calls or emails, officials said.But 25 winners have not responded so far, said Harsha Mallajosyula, Paterson’s chief […]

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