New York City is winding down a controversial program that offers pre-paid debit cards to migrant families to use for purchasing food, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday. The city said that it was ending the program,

New York City will end its prepaid debit card voucher program for asylum-seekers. The program distributed debit cards to migrant families staying in city-funded hotels, which allowed them to buy their own food.

The program was started in March this year for migrant families who began arriving and settling in The Big Apple to purchase essential items