Emergency Food Drive In Essex County Draws Long Lines
click to expand
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- The number of families with food insecurity keeps growing.
A long line of cars stretched at an emergency food drive in Essex County on Thursday morning.
About 1,000 boxes of food were donated.
With many people out of work, organizers say the line of those in need of food has grown exponentially since the start of the pandemic.
MORE FROM CBS NEW YORK
- Exclusive: Long Island Father Talks About Young Son's Bout With Rare COVID-Related Disease MIS-C
- City Officials Searching For Answers For High COVID-19 Positivity Rates In Manhattan's Washington Heights And Inwood
- Major Water Main Break Along Cross Bronx Expressway Submerges Cars, Impacts Businesses, Schools
Read more