500 Grocery Boxes Delivered In Brooklyn Amid Coronavirus

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Shipments of 500 grocery boxes went out to Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights residents in short supply of food during the coronavirus crisis.

"We will get through this crisis by continuing to look out for one another," said city Councilman Robert Cornegy, Jr., in a statement.

Cornegy, Omega Psi Phi, Bridge Street Development Corporation and NYPD officers from the 77th, 79th and 81st precincts made the deliveries Wednesday in partnership with FreshDirect, a release states.

It's one of several food-related efforts Cornegy has undertaken since the pandemic. In fact, he discovered he fell ill with the new coronavirus in March as he helped a local food pantry begin grocery deliveries.

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After a month out of the public eye, Cornegy returned to make food and personal protective gear deliveries in his Bed-Stuy and part of Crown Heights district, as well as far-flung Brooklyn spots.

Food stability has been a frequent topic of Mayor Bill de Blasio's daily news conferences. He has vowed no New Yorker will go hungry and expanded a citywide free meal program.

The deliveries Wednesday were scheduled to be at Quincy Senior Residence, Weeksville Heritage Center, Bed-Stuy Alive and Restore Housing Development.

All told, volunteers expected to deliver 500 grocery boxes, according to a release.

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