Queens councilman honors those lost during COVID-19, works to combat hunger in underserved communities

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A new study from researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine determined that Queens, and to a lesser extent Brooklyn, were indeed the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic during the spring of 2020.

The research found that 35 percent of Queens and Brooklyn workers travel daily to Manhattan by car, subway and bus, and that Black and Hispanic Americans — who were hardest hit during the pandemic — disproportionately use public transportation.