Officials in Ulster County, New York announced this week that the county is extending its universal basic income pilot project to September.
That UBI The program originally sent $ 500 monthly payments to 100 households from April 2021 to April 2022.
After the payments expired in the early spring, Ulster lawmakers reportedly found through anecdotes that the monthly payments had made a real difference to many recipients.“What we hear is that they are really using the income to pay for essential things,” said Deputy Chief of Staff Johanna Contreras. Daily Freeman .“We had someone tell us that income changed their lives […]
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