Ulster County plans to distribute $500 per month in privately donated funds to 100 lower-income households for one year. It’s a pilot program to test a progressive policy that has gained ground in some U.S. cities.
County Executive Pat Ryan, who conceived the universal basic income initiative as a spinoff of the county’s pandemic-relief efforts, said Wednesday that 2,000 people already had applied to participate in the program since it was announced last week. Any Ulster households earning up to $46,900 a year are eligible.
Ryan said he was both excited and distressed about the flood of immediate interest."It just weighs […]
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