{"id":312069,"date":"2021-07-30T02:54:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/de-blasio-admin-originated-idea-for-100-vaccine-giveaways\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T02:54:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:54:07","slug":"de-blasio-admin-originated-idea-for-100-vaccine-giveaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/de-blasio-admin-originated-idea-for-100-vaccine-giveaways\/","title":{"rendered":"#De Blasio admin originated idea for $100 vaccine giveaways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#De Blasio admin originated idea for $100 vaccine giveaways<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Officials from Mayor De Blasio\u2019s administration created the idea to incentivize COVID-19 vaccines by offering people $100 to get the shot \u2014 a day before President Biden went national with the plan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur public health team is in nearly constant contact with the national public health team,\u201d Bill Neidhardt, Mayor de Blasio\u2019s press secretary, told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to speak to specific conversations,\u201d Neidhardt added, when asked if Biden\u2019s team reached out to City Hall about the mayor\u2019s announcement on the $100 prizes Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>But a city official said the mayor\u2019s team hatched the idea before the president. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday the Treasury Department said Biden wants state and local governments to consider funding $100 payments through $350 billion in federal relief funds included in\u00a0Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion relief bill\u00a0that passed in March.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Mayor Bill de Blasio\" class=\"wp-image-18966955 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/de-blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/de-blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/de-blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/de-blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/de-blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s administration was the first to come up with the $100 COVID vaccine reward.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William C. Lopez\/NYPOST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before the announcement de Blasio said during his daily press briefing that he\u2019s prepared to spend at least $20 million for the program. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I would be thrilled to see is hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers to come forward quickly to get this incentive,\u201d de Blasio said. <\/p>\n<p>Almost 60 percent of the city\u2019s population of 8.4 million people have gotten at least one shot. <\/p>\n<p>De Blasio said there\u2019s plenty of money in the city\u2019s nearly $100 billion budget set aside for vaccination efforts to fund the giveaways.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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