Mayor Stoney calls on feds to provide $2,000 recurring checks during pandemic and last updated 2021-01-22 09:37:53-05 RICHMOND, Va. â Thirty-four mayors across the United States, including Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, urged the new administration and lawmakers to send monthly stimulus checks to Americans for the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayors for a Guaranteed Income ran a full-page ad in Thursdayâs Washington Post titled âOne more check is not enough.â In a tweet, Mayor Stoney urged President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to support the proposal. âI'm asking for, calling on Congress and also President Biden, who has already showed some interest in this, that we provide $2,000 recurring checks through the end of the pandemic,â Stoney told CBS 6.