New York City will stop handing out prepaid debit cards to migrants that allowed them to buy food and other necessities.
The pilot program gave 2,600 migrant families a total of $3.2 million over the past year. That meant an average of about $350 per week for a family of four.
"As we move towards more competitive contracting for asylum seeker programs, we have chosen not to renew the emergency contract for this pilot program once the one-year term concludes," the office of Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.
The mayor's office didn't offer any specifics on its decision to end the program or how successful it was.
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