Senator Proposes $1,000 “Baby Bonus” to Help People Afford to Have Children
Payments for newborns have reduced poverty elsewhere, but are a novel idea in New York.
Julia Rock · August 15, 2024
| Illustrations by otomedream and bubalife via Canva, collage by Neil deMause / New York Focus
“In a budget of $239 billion, do we think it’s too expensive to spend 1 percent of that to support child poverty reduction?”
—Senator Andrew Gounardes
Julia Rock is a reporter for New York Focus. She was previously an investigative reporter at The Lever.
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