New York City has handed out $3.2 million in prepaid debit cards to some 2,600 migrant families. Robert Miller. The company distributed the preloaded Mastercards to asylum seekers at hotels-turned ...

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 ...

New York City is ending a program that provided prepaid debit cards to migrant families living in the sanctuary city. In a statement obtained by FOX 5 New York, Adams announced the end of the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration plans to stop giving prepaid debit cards to migrant families in New York City, ending a pilot program conservative critics have fiercely attacked. The program ...

The program, which began in late March, provided debit cards for food and baby supplies to 2,600 migrants who arrived in the city and were staying in hotels funded by the city.

New York City is expanding a program it launched in March that gives prepaid debit cards to migrants staying in city-funded hotels, allowing them to buy food and baby supplies at specified stores.