Editor’s note: The story in the video player aired on July 3, 2024. NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City will end a pilot program that gave prepaid debit cards to migrant families to help them buy ...

The debit card program will conclude at the end of the year, and the administration has decided not to renew it. The program provided a family of four with two children up to $350 a week.

The debit cards are intended to save the city money on providing food for migrants, as well as to reduce food waste at shelters and support local businesses where families could instead buy food.

As of Nov. 3, Fowler said the city issued 4,294 prepaid debit cards under the scheme to 4,711 individuals, making up the 2,600 families. But the program was marred by controversy from the moment ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

nyc boasts taxpayer-funded card program for illegal immigrants is helping lead nation through ‘crisis’ Migrants reach for food being handed out outside the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City ...

Mayor Eric Adams is ending his administration’s controversial program supplying migrants in taxpayer-funded shelters with prepaid debit cards to pay for groceries. The pilot program, launched in ...

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New York City will end a pilot program that gave prepaid debit cards to migrant families to help them buy food. New York City launched the program earlier this year. It allowed migrant families to ...

New York City will end a pilot program that gave prepaid debit cards to migrant families to help them buy food. New York City launched the program earlier this year. It allowed migrant families to ...