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New York City ends prepaid debit card program for migrants

By Annabella Rosciglione
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New York City will end its prepaid debit card voucher program for asylum-seekers.

The program distributed debit cards to migrant families staying in city-funded hotels, which allowed them to buy their own food. The program will end because the contract is set to expire, according to Mayor Eric Adams’s office, which did not provide a more specific reason.

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