STATEMENT BY WES MOORE, CEO OF ROBIN HOOD, ON THE PROPOSED HEALS ACT PENDING BEFORE CONGRESS

New York, NY, July 29, 2020: Robin Hood, New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organization, has issued the following statement regarding the proposed HEALS Act pending before Congress on behalf of Chief Executive Officer, Wes Moore: “Our nation is at a critical inflection point in the pandemic. The decisions Congress makes now will determine our nation’s road to recovery and the economic stability of generations to come. In New York City alone, unemployment is nearly 20 percent, 2 million are at risk of going hungry, and more than 20,000 lives have been lost due to COVID-19.