Announcer: Welcome to NYC Now, your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Wednesday, November 27th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill.

Michael Hill: New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she supports people who are seeking asylum in the state, but she says if they commit a crime, she wants them kicked out.

Governor Kathy Hochul: Someone breaks the law, I'll be the first one to call up ICE and say get them out of here.

Michael Hill: The governor made the comment as New York leaders figure out how to respond to President-Elect Trump's promised deportation policy. Trump says he'll use the military to remove millions of undocumented people from the United States. Some New Yorkers are about to lose their food benefit meant to bridge the gap over the summer. Summer EBT program benefits expire 122 days after they were issued. The first one, distributed back in July, will expire tomorrow on Thanksgiving.

The program aims to help families when kids might not have access to school meals. Families get a one-time lump sum of $120 of each eligible child. The cards were issued to families at different times depending on the kid's school and whether families obtained benefits automatically or had to apply. Engineers are trying to build a floating pool on the East River that uses powerful filters to make the surrounding water safe for swimming, but they say now they are facing a surprising challenge. As they tested the system this fall, it kept clogging, getting clogged up by heaps of seaweed. Still, the backers of the project, called the + POOL, say the filters do a great job of cleaning the water. Here's the project's managing director, Kara Meyer.

Kara Meyer: This temporary test in the river was pretty incredible to see. I think there's an appetite for innovation in New York City and trying something that is going to return New Yorkers to their waters.

Michael Hill: There's still no firm date as to when the pool will open to the public. Meyer plans to open a small test version of the pool at some point next year. Garbage, compost, and recycling will not be collected tomorrow in New York City, but sanitation officials say we can still put our garbage on the curb the night of the holiday and compost, too. Still, they're warning us pickup could be delayed Friday as crews work to catch up from the holiday break. The sanitation department says to hold off on putting out your recycling over the holiday weekend. That collection will start up again next week.

43 and clear now, increasing clouds in 51. Thanksgiving Day rain, a high near 48.

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