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Today — 8 November 2024Main stream

New York City Will Stop Giving Debit Cards to Migrants

8 November 2024 at 08:26
Mayor Eric Adams is ending a contentious pilot program that gave 2,600 migrant families debit cards to purchase food.

© Lucia Vazquez for The New York Times

Under the debit card program, a family of four with young children received about $350 per week for food.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards

Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass.

© Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times

Morgan Boone, a volunteer with Crop Swap LA, harvested lettuce at the La Salle Microfarm in the view View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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