Select New Yorkers to receive $12K worth of obscure asset with no strings attached. Supporters, critics clash over basic income. Where do you stand?

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Before Michigan moms in poverty get aid, cash flows through this NY group

The majority of taxpayer aid meant for payments to new mothers in Flint has flowed through a New York-based nonprofit used by ...
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Some New Yorkers get $12K in a mystery asset as basic income fight explodes

In New York, a small group of residents is about to receive what looks like a windfall: $12,000 each, delivered not in cash but in a digital token that behaves like dollars. The money arrives with ...
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Some New Yorkers are getting $12,000 in crypto in a Coinbase-funded basic income-style pilot program

Some New Yorkers will receive $12,000 in crypto as part of a cash transfer pilot program. GiveDirectly is funding the pilot program with crypto donated by Coinbase. Participants will receive a $800 ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Can GiveDirectly Show the Value of Universal Basic Income?

In its nearly two decades of operation, GiveDirectly, the direct cash payment charity started by MIT and Harvard graduate students, has delivered more than $800 million to more than 1.6 million people ...