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CBS NEW YORK: Program helps families pay for laundry in hopes of keeping more kids in school

June 2023 | by

NEW YORK — A new program in Queens is helping keep some kids in school, but it’s not what you might expect. It provides free laundry services to low-income families to help keep attendance up. Demetrios Vasiadis, co-owner 14th Laundry, told CBS2 his customers often have to contemplate...

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