New York Scraps Pre-Paid Debit Cards for Migrants
New York City ends a food debit card program that allowed migrant families to purchase their own groceries and essential supplies.
NYC to end controversial debit card program for migrants, City Hall says
The Adams administration has touted the pilot program as a cost-saving measure and a way to limit food waste, while conservatives have criticized it as vulnerable to misuse.
New York City to End Program Giving Migrants Vouchers for Food
New York City is ending a program that provides migrants staying in city-funded hotels with prepaid debit cards they can use to purchase food.
NYC ending controversial debit card program for migrants
New York City will end its controversial debit card program for migrants. Under the pilot program, migrants staying in city-funded hotels received pre-paid cards to buy their own food and other necessities.
NYC ends taxpayer-funded prepaid debit card program for illegal immigrants
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that the city would end the immediate response cards pilot program which gave prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants.
New York City Will Stop Giving Debit Cards to Migrants
Mayor Eric Adams is ending a contentious pilot program that gave 2,600 migrant families debit cards to purchase food.
New York City ends prepaid debit card program for migrants
A spokesperson for the mayor’s office said the program is ending because the contract is set to expire but did not provide a more specific reason.
NYC to end controversial program supplying migrants with prepaid debit cards after dropping $53M
Mayor Eric Adams is ending his administration's controversial program supplying migrants in city shelters with prepaid debit cards to pay for groceries.
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