Prepaid debit cards for NYC migrants face no problems so far, officials say
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Under the $53 million deal signed by Mayor Eric Adams, Mobility Capital Finance, a New Jersey start-up with just a few years under its belt, will snag 3% of the first $50 million loaded onto the prepaid cards provided to asylum seeker families living in hotels to cover food and baby supplies.
City Comptroller Brad Lander got caught speeding and racking up parking tickets after promising to improve his dismal driving record, records over the past two years show.
The cost of sheltering asylum seekers so far is 48 percent higher than expected, but the city is still keeping taxpayers in the dark about the true costs.
City Comptroller Brad Lander’s office has revoked Mayor Adams’ emergency powers to make deals with contractors for migrant services without prior approval, according to a letter from the comptroller’s office to the mayor’s office dated last Thursday. “The comptroller’s office citywide prior approval,” Lander’s office said in its letter, “is hereby revoked.” Adams’ office said that the loss of ...