Meng Announces Coronavirus Funding for Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in Flushing

April 15, 2020
Press Release
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in Flushing has been awarded federal funding to help respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
The facility has received more than $1.6 million ($1,669,415) to provide assistance and care for COVID-19, and to address staffing levels during this public health emergency.
The funds are allocated under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act which was the third COVID-19 relief package that was passed by Congress and signed into law late last month. Meng voted for the legislation.
"The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center does an exceptional job in providing critical health services in our borough, and this needed funding will help the facility better serve Queens residents during this crisis," said Congresswoman Meng. "I'm pleased to see that funding from the CARES Act is making its way to my congressional district, and I will continue to fight for more resources as we work to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. I thank all the dedicated health care staff at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center who are working on the frontlines in order to continue serving patients."
"As a nonprofit health center in New York City with a proud commitment to serving everyone including the most vulnerable, the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center will remain open and be part of the public health response to COVID-19," said Kaushal Challa, Chief Executive Officer of the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center. "Like many others in New York and across the nation, the Health Center is critically short in capacity and funding. At this especially trying time, the funding we received from the CARES Act will help us face the challenges of this health crisis."
Meng also announced more than $4 million ($4,147,220) in CARES Act funding for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation which operates the City's public hospital system.