Rep. Meeks on how small-business funds are missing minority communities

Posted April 21, 2020 at 10:50am

We spoke to New York Democratic Rep. Gregory W. Meeks of South Queens — the epicenter of the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus epidemic.

He talks about the pending COVID-19 relief bill for small businesses and says not a single dollar from a previous relief measure got to businesses in his community.

[Listen to the podcast interview here]

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