New York City spends thousands of dollars each month on meals intended for migrants which are instead disposed of uneaten. Medical service company, DocGo, which received a no-bid $432 million contract for broad migrant care without prior experience in this sector, supposedly wastes these meals. DocGo, currently overseeing approximately 4,000 migrants and providing three meals each at $33 per day per migrant, allegedly labeled more than 70,000 meals as “wasted” from October 22 to November 10. This period of 20-days indicates that taxpayers shelled out approximately $776,000, roughly $39,000 per day.
While NYC Mayor Eric Adams implements billions of dollars in budget cuts to manage city’s expenditure on migrant care, DocGo’s invoices propose the tossed food itself could exceed $1 million per month.
City Councilwoman Gale Brewer spoke against the wastage during a time of budget reductions in other sectors like libraries, schools, and trash collection services. While no allegations have been made against DocGo for wrongdoing or intentionally over-billing the city, the company has faced criticism for the wastage of meals that are treated as a pass-through expense with DocGo making no profit.
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