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New York City officials are moving ahead with a contentious plan to give migrant families debit cards for food and baby supplies, with the first cards being distributed on Monday to a small handful of new arrivals.
The program has faced a backlash over concerns about potential fraud or abuse, and about whether migrants were being given preferential treatment over other people in need.
But with 180,000 migrants having entered New York over the last two years and 65,000 still in shelters, the city is struggling with mounting housing and food costs and the administration of Mayor Eric Adams is eager to try a new approach.
The report explains that the program was expected to start on Monday with 10 families, then expand to about 115 families, or 450 people over the net week.
Under the program, a family of four would be given up to $350 per week, for six weeks.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams claims the program will save money and help avoid wasting uneaten meals.
The Times wrote:
The cards will be distributed at the city’s arrival center, the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, to migrant families who are staying at hotels that are being used as emergency shelters under a 28-day voucher program.
All migrants who are given the debit cards must sign a form promising they will only use them for food and baby supplies or risk being kicked out of the program.
*NEW* New York City began distributing debit cards to migrant families on Monday after an uproar over the program: “I do struggle with why people are being so negative when it comes to providing something so basic for families with children.” https://t.co/06PRJErm04
— Emma G. Fitzsimmons (@emmagf) March 25, 2024
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