Gothamist: “Last week, stunning video of an extremely long food line in Corona, Queens began circulating on Twitter. According to Reuben Torres, a Univision reporter, the line stretched for twenty blocks, with many hopeful families going home empty-handed.”
“Bread lines, evoking iconic images of the Great Depression, have formed outside food pantries across the country as the COVID-19 crisis continues. In New York City, they are partly due to skyrocketing unemployment, forcing far more working class residents to turn to city services. But the longer wait times have also been exacerbated by a collapse in the city’s longstanding food assistance infrastructure.”
