Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged the FEMA on Tuesday to approve special funeral assistance to help New Yorkers bury family members who have died of coronavirus.
Schumer and Ocasio-Cortez, both New York Democrats, made their demands in brief speeches from Corona, Queens in New York City, one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods in the country."So many people with this crisis who don't have money don't have the ability to give a proper funeral and burial to their loved ones who have passed away from this evil illness," Schumer said."That is outrageous.
"Read More"The least we can do is help families bury their loved ones in the most impacted communities in America," she added."It is the very least we can do. It is the very core, basic measure of human dignity. And in the richest country in the world, we should be able to allow people to bury their loved ones in dignity.
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