NYC gave out $25 million on $100 ‘cash for vax’ bonus

The city government has doled out $25 million in payments to New Yorkers getting their shots in exchange for $100 over the last two months, as 250,000 people have taken advantage of the bonus program, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.

“We know when we put out the idea of the $100 incentive it just caught like wildfire, you can tell people heard it, it made sense for them,” hizzoner said during his daily press briefing Oct. 4.