New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ new program to provide debit cards to migrants in the city has faced backlash for potentially incentivizing more migration to the city.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ new program to give prepaid debit cards to migrants in the city risks incentivizing more people to settle in the city despite the mayor’s claim the city is full, a New York council member argued. 'Regardless of our rhetoric about how ‘full’ the city has become, if we’re handing out free money it’s a clear incentive,' Council Member Vickie Paladino told Fox News Digital.
Paladino also pointed to rising crime the city’s residents have seen as migrants have flooded the city, declaring that her constituents 'are sick of the invasion.' 'In districts like mine, which spans both low-income working-class neighborhoods to some of the wealthiest communities in NYC, migrant crime is a top concern for everyone,' Paladino said.
Council member Joseph Borelli told Fox News Digital that he doesn’t doubt that the program will be cheaper for the city, but argued that the debit cards are still 'fundamentally unfair' to the city’s working poor, who don’t receive similar benefits. 'New Yorkers get frustrated when they see migrants getting free debit cards at the same time we’re all going to be charged $15 to go into Manhattan,' Borelli said, referring to the borough's new congestion pricing toll.
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