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Today, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that the $250 economic recovery payments for Social Security recipients, which were provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will begin to go out on May 7 – with the goal of all these payments being sent out by the end of May. New York will receive $845.6 million, with $34.89 million going to residents directly in Congressman Higgins’ district, the highest in the state.
“The Recovery Act will deliver over $135 million to residents across Western New York and will help millions of Americans meet some of their most basic needs in this struggling economy,” said Congressman Higgins.
Over 2.84 million residents in New York will receive the $250 payment including over 2 million retirees, over 400,000 disabled workers, over 250,000 widows and more than 140,000 spouses.
In addition, by mid-May, payments to recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will also begin to go out.
In addition to the economic recovery payments being made to Social Security and SSI recipients, the Recovery Act also provides these payments to disabled veterans and Railroad Retirement recipients. The payments to Railroad Retirement recipients are scheduled to begin to go out in late May and the payments to disabled veterans in June.
If someone regularly receives benefits from two or more of these programs – such as Social Security and Railroad Retirement, or a disabled veterans’ benefit and SSI – he or she will receive just one $250 payment.
These payments total more than $13 billion and will go out to more than 50 million people, also bringing another boost to our economy through consumer spending. The Recovery Act was signed by the President on February 17.
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