Landscapeinsight- Officials say that families of migrants living in New York City are now getting prepaid bank cards. The office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams says that the first set of bank cards was given out on Monday. Families who are moving should use these cards to buy things like food and baby items that they need.
Debit Cards for Migrant Families
Even though many people are against it, a $53 million test program to give immigrant families staying in hotels prepaid credit cards is said to have begun.
The mayor’s office has started a new program to help families who are moving to the city. The program will help pay for up to $350 a week for the duration of the stay for families with two children younger than five years old.
A small group of families were the first to join the program on Monday. It will, however, help about 460 people in total, and over the next week, it’s scheduled to grow to include about 115 families.
Bodegas, supermarkets, convenience stores, and grocery stores are the only places that take prepaid cards. Adams’ office says that people who want to be part of the program must sign a document saying that they will only use the money to buy food and things for their babies. If you don’t follow this rule, you might lose access to the money.
The office of the mayor of New York City has also stated that the pilot program was carried out slowly at first, focusing on a small group of hotels. The city said that the cards would have money put on them for a week at a time and that no one would be able to use them without being watched.
It is said that the cards are being given out at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, which is the city’s welcome center. These cards are being sent to families of migrants who are staying in hotels that have been turned into makeshift homes. The city and Mobility Capital Finance, a company based in New Jersey, have agreed to work together to run the project.
Migrants may be able to get more money from the city than from the state during a six-week test program. The state gives SNAP benefits to low-income and elderly New Yorkers.
The state’s website says that the most a single person can get each month from SNAP is $291. These benefits are meant to help low-income working seniors, people with disabilities, people over the age of 65, and others buy things they need, like food.
A story from Fox News’ Bryan Llenas says that the migrant pilot program helps unmarried veterans more than twice as often as the state does each month. Democratic New York City Mayor Adams has been a strong supporter of the program and has spoken out against the spread of “misinformation” about it.
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However, Adams told Lawmakers that The State’s Promise Would only Cover a Third of The Costs the City Had to Pay Because of Migrants. Kathy Hochul, the Democratic Governor of New York, Wants to Put $2.4 Billion Into Migrant Programs in The Next Budget Cycle.
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