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NextImg:‘Hochul handout’ checks of up to $400 being sent out to millions of New Yorkers starting today — see if you qualify

You get a check! And you get a check!

Free checks of up to $400 began being sent out to millions of New Yorkers on Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.

Some 8.2 million eligible households across the Empire State should expect to receive the “inflation refund” checks over the next two months as part of Hochul’s handout program, officials said.

The Democratic governor, who is up for re-election next year, had been touting her so-called inflation refund all summer and finally announced Friday that checks were starting to hit the mail, calling the endeavor a “one-time statement.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul says her “inflation rebate checks” will be going out over the next two months. Youtube

“We hear you New Yorkers. We hear you. And if we can put money back in your pockets through an ‘inflation rebate’, then you know we care about you,” Hochul said, standing in front of about a dozen supporters at a gymnasium in Albany.

The checks will go out to individuals making under $150,000 a year and families making under $300,000 a year based on their 2023 tax return.

Checks will range from $150-$400 based on income.

Individuals and families will receive the checks if they fall under the following fiscal thresholds:

Hochul has framed the handouts as a “refund” to New Yorkers after the state received higher than projected sales tax revenues as inflation shot up over the last few years.

Governor Kathy Hochul making a transportation announcement at Grand Central Terminal.
Hochul was criticized earlier this month after telling a Black church not to spend their checks at a liquor store. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock

Fiscal experts have widely panned the effort, especially at a time when Hochul continues to preside over runaway state spending.

Spending has increased 21% – $45 billion – since she took office, and the state is facing a $34 billion structural deficit over the next three years.

The governor took flak earlier this month for joking to a black church in her hometown of Buffalo that congregants shouldn’t spend their government check at the liquor store.