New York City’s mayor earlier this month announced a plan to spend $100 million a year to provide health care for hundreds of thousands of residents, including the uninsured, low-income and undocumented immigrants. Rockland Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee says it’s unclear where the money will come from to fund the program…
Services would be provided on a sliding scale, with some recipients paying nothing at all, though there were few details. Skeptics of the mayor’s plan have argued it’s a way for him to court left-leaning voters.