Mayor Adams Cancels Nearly $135 Million in Medical Debt for Working-Class New Yorkers, Celebrates Opening of Eight New Financial Empowerment Centers at Select NYC Health + Hospitals Locations to Help New Yorkers Avoid Future Medical Debt

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that his administration has already helped cancel nearly $135 million in medical debt for over 75,000 New Yorkers. Last year, Mayor Adams launched a pioneering program that — through an $18 million investment by the city over three years — will relieve some or all of the medical debt for 500,000 working-class New Yorkers on a one-time basis, totaling over $2 billion in eliminated debt. In addition, Mayor Adams today celebrated the opening of eight new ‘NYC Financial Empowerment Centers’ run by the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) at select NYC Health + Hospitals locations across the health system to help New Yorkers better plan…