Unemployed Drivers Find Work Delivering Food to New York City’s Needy

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Out-of-work taxi drivers are lining up in their cars to collect food to deliver to elderly and homebound residents as part of New York City’s DeliveryTLC program

Jamal Thom parked outside a recreation center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, N.Y., at 9 p.m. last Tuesday, and slept in his car.

Before the coronavirus crippled New York City, he was picking up rides on Uber and Lyft. Since March, he has been picking up food and delivering it around New York City. The groceries arrive on pallets at 10 distribution centers around the city. Drivers of taxis, for-hire vehicles and livery cabs get paid by DeliveryTLC to bring them to the elderly, homebound and other people in need...

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