By Claudia Mendoza
Dec 14, 2020
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There s more help coming to people that have been financially affected by the pandemic. The City of Miami approved a $2 million dollar budget to extend its gift card program.
During a meeting on Friday, City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said that the city will be able to provide $334,000 worth of gift cards from different supermarkets. In the list, he mentioned Winn-Dixie, Sedanos, Presidente Supermarkets, and others. These new gift cards will be additional to the Publix gift cards that are already being distributed. The amount in each gift card ranges from $100 to $350.
Commissioners had previously decided back in October to stop enforcing the county s curfew.
The resolution was introduced by Commissioner Joe Carollo, who said that Jackson Health’s CEO personally reached out to him.
“He feels that if we don t do anything, in 10 days, we re going to be overwhelmed in our hospitals,” Carollo said.
Jackson Health sent NBC 6 the letter that CEO Carlos Migoya sent to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez detailing the current concern and support for a curfew.
“The resolution that I’m presenting (Thursday) is to enforce the curfew that the county has placed and to make all these late night places.close at midnight,” Carollo said.