Mayor Ras Baraka announces new two-year pilot program for Newarkers
Mayor Ras J. Baraka today (Monday) launched the Newark Movement for Economic Equity, a two-year pilot program that will give a guaranteed income of six thousand dollars a year in unconditional cash payments, to Newark residents.
Newark’s pilot will be one of the nation’s largest in collaboration with Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka makes announcement Monday at City Hall
The city will start with an initial cohort of 30 residents before scaling to 400 residents by the fall. Baraka says at the end of the pilot, Newark officials will review their findings in an effort to expand guaranteed income policy at the state and federal levels.