Homes along State Street on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in Hudson, N.Y. HUDSON – An experimental program that grants lower-income Hudson residents $500 a month is being expanded to include 50 more participants.
HudsonUP was first launched last October with 25 participants seeking to examine the effects of Universal Basic Income (UBI), a concept popularized by the presidential and New York City mayoral candidacies of Andrew Yang .
UBI, which has both libertarian and progressive supporters, seeks to replace an entire country’s public benefits system with monthly payments to all residents.In Hudson, participants must be making less than the local median […]
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