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New York Assemblywoman Describes Losses Queens Has Suffered From Coronavirus

NPR
Published April 22, 2020 at 1:20 PM EDT

Several neighborhoods in the Queens borough of New York have been hard hit by the coronavirus. New York State Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz (@CatalinaCruzNY), the first former DREAMer in the assembly, discusses residents’ struggles in Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights.

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A woman wearing a hazmat suit and goggles pulls her grocery cart in the streets in Queens, a borough of New York City, amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 20, 2020 in New York City.(Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)
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A woman wearing a hazmat suit and goggles pulls her grocery cart in the streets in Queens, a borough of New York City, amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 20, 2020 in New York City.(Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)