https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...sts_po-organic
Maya Wiley’s mayoral campaign got a much-needed boost back in February when she was endorsed by the health care workers union, 1199 SEIU, which is the largest union in the city. And it’s probably no coincidence that one of Wiley’s signature proposals centers around health care, though she takes a more expansive view of what she calls the “care economy.”
Wiley’s plan would compensate them for this unpaid labor, by giving $5,000 grants to 100,000 of the city’s lowest-income residents who care for loved ones. Some have compared it to Andrew Yang’s plan for a Universal Basic Income.
Wiley also wants to set up dozens of community care centers around the city that would provide free child care and elder care, in addition to a host of other services.
She’d pay for her program in part by hiring fewer new police and correction officers.
Meanwhile, a number of candidates have made maternal health a focus of their health care plans...
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