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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

New York City NYC ends taxpayer-funded prepaid debit card program for illegal immigrants The Immediate Response Cards pilot program provided asylum-seeking migrants with up to $350 per week ...

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 expands food debit card program to include 7,300 migrants The expansion comes at a time when officials are trying to reduce the costs of caring for migrants ...

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 ...