City Councilmember Gale Brewer wants to investigate pre-paid debit card program for migrant families
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City Councilmember Gale Brewer wants to investigate pre-paid debit card program for migrant families

Questions are being raised about a controversial program launched by the Adams administration to give migrant families pre-paid debit cards to buy food and other necessities. Mayor Eric Adams says giving asylum seekers debit cards to buy their own food will save the city millions‚ but the head of the City Council's oversight and investigations committee wants to know why the city issued a $53 million no-bid contract without seeing if it could get a better deal. "I...