Coronavirus News: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams hands out food to residents

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
BP Adams hands out food to residents
Eric Adams handed out food and masks to people in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is making sure the people he represents are getting the help they need.



Adams handed out food Tuesday at a senior center in Bedford-Stuyvesant.



He also went around the neighborhood and handed out masks.



Adams says social distancing enforcement should be left to community leaders, after seeing the video of an NYPD officer taking down a bystander during an arrest over the weekend.



He says he is working with community groups so they can educate others about social distancing in a positive way.



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