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Not everyone is able to take advantage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. (Getty Images)
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WHOLLY MOLI: MADE
ON LONG ISLAND
MOVERS &
PRESS BUSINESS
RESTAURANT, HOSPITALITY WORKERS FALL THROUGH CRACKS OF CORONAVIRUS SAFETY NET
BY CLAUDE SOLNIK
Long Island is a land that is, in many ways, both rich and poor in restaurants. Whether you
want Indian or Italian, Chinese or continental cuisine, there have always been more options
than you can count.
When restaurants closed their seating areas to comply with coronavirus restrictions, although
some continued with or added delivery and curbside pickup, it caused more than places to
eat to disappear. An industry nearly vanished in an instant. Thousands of jobs disappeared
as if a switch had been turned off and a massive industry contracted, with some workers
falling through the cracks in the safety net.
“It’s hard to try and define who people are without a safety net right now,” says Paule
Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares, one of two regional food banks along with Island Harvest.
“There are people in the restaurant industry who have been laid off. People in the hospitality
industry are being laid off.”
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