NYC Mayor proceeds towards perishing poverty

New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg unveiled his anti-poverty plan that would offer cash incentives to the city's poor citizens to crack the poverty sequence. Poor New Yorkers who choose healthy options such as regularly seeing the doctor and staying in school should be rewarded with cash, said the Mayor.

An anti-poverty commission headed by Time Warner's chief executive, Richard Parsons, and the president of the nonprofit group Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada, released a report on Monday, according to which many New Yorkers were living under poverty lines and the circumstances led them to failure. For example, there are people who are left behind on doctor check-ups and fail to receive preventive medical care. Such people may suffer from poor health and struggle to keep jobs.

The mayor wants to break such poverty patterns by paying modest rewards. "We want to reward those who have the initiative to go out and try to make their lives better, and if the system is stacked against them making their lives better, that's what we're trying to change," Bloomberg said.

Reflecting his deep concern about the impoverished families Bloomberg also proclaimed to give such families $1,000 per child in tax credit to pay for child care. The City Council and the State Legislature would be required to approve the payments.

Payments to those who stay in school and seek medical care could range from $50 to $1,500, according to officials, within the Bloomberg administration. Bloomberg also said, that the city would expand programs that allow high school students to take college courses. The programs were still being designed.

Offered as a substantial appendage to Bloomberg's plan, the council’s plan was presented immediately. The Mayor’s plan failed to overwhelm Bill de Blasio, chairman of the council's Committee on General Welfare, as he said, "You start with an idea, but you need to implement it. You need oversight and pressure to make it come to fruition."