Joseph Spector is the Government and Politics Editor for the USA TODAY Network's Atlantic Group, overseeing coverage in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. He can be reached at or followed on Twitter: local journalism Expanding premium subsidies for people who buy health insurance on their own instead of getting it from an employer or a government program like Medicare or Medicaid.Expanding the child tax credit up to $3,600 per child.Dedicating $160 billion for vaccine development, distribution and related needs.Devoting $50 billion for small-business assistance.Allotting $30 billion to help renters and landlords weather economic losses.Allocating $130 billion to help fully reopen schools and colleges.Sending $350 billion to state and local governments whose revenue has declined because of COVID-19's impact on the economy.Extending a $300 weekly federal boost to unemployment benefits through August.Giving most Americans earning up to $75,000 a $1,400 check.More: Stimulus checks, child care help: What's in the federal package for New Yorkers The benefits include: More: These community health centers in New York will soon have COVID vaccines The money is already being designated: Schumer announced community health centers in New York will get federally funded COVID-19 vaccines sent directly to them to vaccine people in the the communities they serve. New York would get roughly $4 billion to support more vaccines, testing and healthcare services. The unemployment benefits are critical for some New Yorkers: Over the past year, New York has paid more than $56 billion in unemployment benefits to 3.8 million New Yorkers. The law also make the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits non-taxable for households with incomes under $150,000.ĭemocrats also agreed in the bill to extend the $300 weekly unemployment benefit through September, on top of the state's up to $504 a week payments for those out of work. President Joe Biden signed the bill Thursday afternoon, saying this 'historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people of this nation - working people, middle class folks, people that built the country - a fighting chance.' The IRS will use the income levels on either the 2020 or 2019 tax filings to determine eligibility, depending on when taxpayers submitted their taxes. The money phases out at incomes of $80,000 for individuals and $160,000 for families. There is also an additional $1,400 per dependent. The American Rescue Plan Act is expected to benefit more than 9 million New Yorkers with $1,400 stimulus checks for individuals earning up to $75,000 and $2,800 for couples earning up to $150,000. The IRS has estimated the first direct deposits may start hitting bank accounts the week of March 22, and paper checks may be sent out the week of March 29, which would be in line with the schedule of the prior relief checks.

The American people can expect those $1,400 checks for each person in the family to be delivered by the end of March.' 'Direct checks will be delivered to American families from coast to coast, roughly 85% of all households.

'Soon - very soon - the most sweeping federal recovery effort in recent history will get underway,' Schumer said on the Senate floor Thursday. That was the latest estimate Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on when New Yorkers and the rest of the nation can get the $1,400 per person checks for those income eligible. Watch Video: VIDEO: When will get your stimulus check? Chuck Schumer explainsĪLBANY - Expect those stimulus checks by the end of the month.

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