NYC to end controversial program supplying migrants with prepaid debit cards

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 March under an emergency contract with New Jersey-based tech startup Mobility Capital Finance, in total doled out $2.4 million in preloaded Mastercards to some 2,600 migrant families for food, City Hall officials said.

Mayor Eric Adams is ending his administration’s controversial program supplying migrants in city shelters with prepaid debit cards to pay for groceries. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
A family of four received about $350 a week to cover the cost of groceries and baby supplies as part of the pilot program. NY Post composite

Adams on Thursday announced he wouldn’t be renewing the initiative after it expires in January, with officials…

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