Patel is challenging Carolyn Maloney for the NY-12 Congressional seat, which includes Astoria and Long Island City
NEW YORK – Today, Suraj Patel, candidate for Congress in Manhattan, North Brooklyn, and Western Queens, announced a partnership with Amrapali Soni, co-president of House of Spices, to provide $10,000 worth of food to healthcare heroes on the front lines and our most vulnerable communities.
Suraj and the House of Spices team delivered the thousands of dollars worth of food donations on Tuesday, April 21st to Elmhurst Hospital and Center of Hope International – Bread of Life Food Pantry in Long Island City which serves vulnerable residents hit particularly hard by the economic shut down. Center of Hope is run by longtime community leader Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor.
“The Center of Hope International Bread of Life Food Pantry went into relief mode 4 weeks ago. Our mission was simple; provide food for families, and help stabilize them through this pandemic,” said Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor, senior Pastor of Center of Hope Int’l and Co-founder &CEO of Urban Upbound. 
Elmhurst Hospital has been among the hardest hit in the nation and serves much of the city’s South Asian population. House of Spices, located in Flushing, aims to spread Indian food culture through quality products, family recipes, and other outreach.
The New York City region is home to the largest Indian American population in the country. New York State has never sent an Indian-American Representative in Congress. If elected, Suraj Patel would be the first.
“It breaks my heart that Queens has been hurt so badly by coronavirus, because these communities are our caretakers. It’s the folks that work in hospitality, in healthcare, in our restaurants and in our taxicabs.
It’s big, loving families getting punished for living so closely together; immigrant families like my own that once slept 13 to a one-bedroom apartment. Queens is all about grit, Queens will rebuild, and I want folks to know that we never left their side during any of this. We showed up again and again and we didn’t leave anyone alone,” said Suraj Patel, candidate for Congress in Astoria and Long Island City.
Throughout this crisis, the Suraj Patel for Congress campaign has been there for community every step of the way: Suraj has been on the streets personally delivering hundreds of meals to Seniors and raising money for Citymeals on Wheels.
The campaign has made over 80,000 wellness check-in calls to neighbors, delivering food, water, and toilet paper at a moments notice to those in need, creating greeting cards for seniors, and advocating for urgent, immediate relief for Tipped Workers, Hospitality Workers, Small Businesses, Renters, Artists, and our Healthcare Heroes.
Suraj was the first candidate in the country to release a plan for Coordinated, National COVID-19 testing. Having had COVID himself, Suraj is consistently donating his blood plasma to Mount Sinai Hospital and encourages you to do the same: https://bit.ly/MSdonateplasma
[ot-video][/ot-video]
Thank You For Your Vote!
Sorry You have Already Voted!
