(JTA) â The head of one of New Yorkâs largest Jewish charities wants food pantry workers to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines.
David Greenfield, the CEO of Met Council, said pantry workers should be treated like public-facing supermarket staff, who are eligible for the vaccine in New York state in the latest distribution phase.
Met Councilâs Kosher Food Network, with forty pantries, is the largest kosher food network for the needy in the country. The latest pantry, opened earlier this month in the borough of Queens, serves the cityâs immigrant Bukharian Jewish community.
Pantries in Albany, the state capital, are also pushing Gov. Andrew Cuomo for their workers, who are mostly volunteers, to get vaccinated.
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