NYC Council speaker calls for $550 checks for New Yorkers as part of $12 billion coronavirus economic relief proposal
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The city would pay adult New Yorkers $550 each and $275 per child, under a $12 billion relief plan Council Speaker Corey Johnson proposed Thursday. He pitched the payments as “temporary universal basic income,” but did not state whether the checks would be one-time or regular. His office did not...