How to survive a heat wave on a fixed income

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By Gautama MehtaJun 28, 2024, 4:15 am121 pts
Mone Choy is 68 and lives in the New York City neighborhood of Inwood, at the northern tip of Manhattan, on a fixed disability income of $1,901 per month. Her rent is frozen at $1,928. She lives with chronic health issues that render her unable to work. In addition to a few other intermittent gigs, Choy covers…

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