Stimulus check

Those who qualify for the extra benefit can receive monthly payments of $250 to $300 per child.

The city estimates 11% of New Yorkers are “unbanked,” and many of them stand to pay high fees when they cash their stimulus checks.

The $1,400 stimulus checks—the third and largest cash payment during the pandemic—are expected to begin arriving this weekend.

Not having filed taxes in recent years, not having a bank account, and lacking internet or computer access are all common among the homeless, and all factors that complicate the process of receiving a stimulus payment.

State Attorney General Letitia James has ordered banks, creditors and debt collectors to keep their hands off the CARES stimulus checks.

While many people are wondering when they are getting their stimulus check,