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NYC to end controversial program supplying migrants with prepaid debit cards
New York Post ^ | 11/8/24

Posted on 11/08/2024 3:12:34 AM PST by EBH

Mayor Eric Adams is ending his administration’s controversial program supplying migrants in city shelters with prepaid debit cards to pay for groceries.

The pilot program distributed the preloaded Mastercards to asylum seekers at hotels-turned-shelters with a family of four receiving about $350 a week to cover the cost of groceries and baby supplies.

The city hired New Jersey-based tech startup, Mobility Capital Finance, in a $53 million one-year “emergency” contract that drew backlash when the city failed to conduct a typical bidding process before picking the company.

But with the one year up shortly, the Adams administration decided against renewing the contract, ABC7 reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: blm; blmmoneylaundering; ericadams; followthemoney; mastercard; mobilitycapital; moneylaundering; wolecoaxum
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Rioting in NY to begin shortly?

Is Mayor Adams counting on President Trump's promise to begin mass deportations?

1 posted on 11/08/2024 3:12:34 AM PST by EBH
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Mayor Eric Adams is ending his administration’s controversial program supplying migrants in city shelters with prepaid debit cards

The program should never have been started in the first place. It's much harder to end a government give-away than it is to simply never implement it.

2 posted on 11/08/2024 3:17:43 AM PST by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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This could prove to be a big deal. Ending debit cards, closing hotel shelters, returning NY to the citizens of NY.

This is where we are going to see much strife for a while as this starts to unwind.

No one ever thought it would be easy. Could see all these illegals in DC on inauguration day.


3 posted on 11/08/2024 3:22:37 AM PST by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
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Probably because they know they won’t be reimbursed.

Should never have happened in the first place.

The 4 year National Nightmare is finally coming to an end.


4 posted on 11/08/2024 3:25:02 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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Interesting timing. Now that you’ve lost it’s time to “straighten up and fly right” huh? So suddenly they stop paying what 100,000+ invaders? All at the same time?


5 posted on 11/08/2024 3:34:40 AM PST by albie (U)
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To: American Infidel

True


6 posted on 11/08/2024 3:35:14 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

To think that biden will request immunity for his family from trump to spill the beans on his very own rat compadres


7 posted on 11/08/2024 3:35:44 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: EBH

With no EBT card, the illegals will have to depend on charities to feed them. This is how they will self deport, slowly at first and then by the millions.


8 posted on 11/08/2024 3:36:02 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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And that’s going to tear NY apart. It is going to get worse, before it gets better.


9 posted on 11/08/2024 3:36:11 AM PST by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
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They should have given them to the impacted in NC instead.


10 posted on 11/08/2024 3:38:17 AM PST by Nifty
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Unleashing them on Trump II’s America?


11 posted on 11/08/2024 3:38:43 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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“Groceries”


12 posted on 11/08/2024 3:39:22 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Trump really is inheriting a complete shitshow. God bless President Trump! He’s really the only guy that can get us back on the right, sane path.


13 posted on 11/08/2024 3:43:15 AM PST by albie (U)
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Adams has been victimized by Justice Department lawfare likely because he stepped out of line on the illegal immigration issue. He likely is corrupt but no more so than any other big city politician. Also, Federal funding for financial support of the illegals will dry up in three months. While Harris carried New York, her margin of victory was 10 percentage points lower than Biden's in 2020. Trump did better in his home town than any GOP Presidential candidate since 1988. The pragmatic wing of the Democrats, both in New York and nationwide, may try to wrest their party from the cultural Marxist ideologues.
14 posted on 11/08/2024 3:45:01 AM PST by Wallace T.
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A completely dumb ass idea to begin with as was proving housing to illegals.

If you give them nothing, they won’t come.


15 posted on 11/08/2024 3:49:14 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Looting is still considered reparations, yes?


16 posted on 11/08/2024 3:57:51 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: American Infidel

The whole ebt card should go away back to food stamps. Being on the dole needs to be more public and have some stigma and shame associated with it. Most of us have to work to keep money being deposited in an account connected to the debit card.


17 posted on 11/08/2024 4:01:28 AM PST by datricker (Go Trump/Vance!)
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Trump effect...


18 posted on 11/08/2024 4:02:13 AM PST by Words Matter
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All off these immigrants have just become inconvenient.

Under trump. They are not going to get citizenship. And pump up NY’s numbers for congressional representation, and votes.


19 posted on 11/08/2024 4:19:42 AM PST by uranium penguin
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To: Flavious_Maximus
will have to depend on charities to feed them

Those charities need to be shut down

20 posted on 11/08/2024 4:19:59 AM PST by 11th_VA (Donald Trump - Born to Run !!!)
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