Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
Assembly Member Harvey Epstein and the Loisaida Center hosted their annual Turkey Drive on Monday for families in the 74th Assembly District.
Working with Rep. Dan Goldman, State Sen. Brian Kavanagh, Borough President Mark Levine and dozens of community groups, they distributed more than 2,600 Thanksgiving meals — including turkeys, chickens, pernils, and vegan roasts — to residents ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday from the Loisaida Center on Ninth Street near Avenue C.
The drive, now in its seventh year, has provided roughly 10,000 meals since launching in 2018.
Epstein said food insecurity remains a significant issue in the district, which includes portions of the Lower East Side, East Village and Midtown East, and that this year's effort marked their most extensive distribution to date.
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