New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Democratic) on Wednesday introduced debit cards for border crossers and illegal aliens after a study found that the majority of New Yorkers live near the poverty line. Spending millions of dollars.
this week adams announced The pilot program will provide Mobility Capital Finance with $5,300 through a no-bid agreement to provide prepaid debit cards with free hotel stays to 500 foreign families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. It will cost millions of taxpayers’ money.
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A debit card provides a family of four with about $35 per day, or about $1,000 per month, and can be used for anything. The city plans to replenish the debit card monthly with money paid by taxpayers.
Adams said debit cards are a cost-saving tool for New Yorkers, even though cash flow is likely to be used at the southern border as a selling point for more border crossers and illegal aliens to travel to New York City. It is defended as being.
February 12, 2024 Manhattan Mayor Eric Adams (Democratic). (Theodore Parisienne for the New York Daily News)
At the same time, a study published by Columbia University and Robin Hood found that in 2021 and 2022, approximately 1 in 4 children in New York City will lived In poverty, 56 percent of New Yorkers lived near the poverty line.
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Put another way, the number of New Yorkers living in poverty increased by 500,000 from 2021 to 2022. Researchers say this is the largest increase in poverty since data first began being tracked 12 years ago.
While New York City has become easier for border crossers and illegal aliens to live in, with rent-free luxury hotels and soon-to-be-available debit cards, native New Yorkers are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet. I feel that I am.
For example, the study found that a family of four living in New York City today needs an annual income of $88,000 to break even.Similarly, data shows that the median rent in the city is $2,200 This is an increase of more than 2% compared to the same period last year.
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