If we start closing them down now, it's not just our health that's the first impact, perhaps the most frightening. But also if we stop feeding, feeding people, 3 million people in the state of New York will have their food benefits jeopardized. They rely on this. They're receiving these benefits because they don't have an alternative. And it totally ignores the fact that so many people are already struggling, tone deaf to what is happening among their own constituents. (00:53–00:58)
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