CD 17: Less Money to Wire Home
By Damiano Beltrami , Emily Feldman | June 5th, 2009 | | 
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- Published in: The Huffington Post
WIRED SHUT: The Western Union money transfer office in East Flatbush is a lot less busy these days, thanks to the economy.
Brooklyn -
Gertha Brice shielded herself from the rain beneath a narrow awning in East Flatbush. Sunday services had just ended at Zelateurs Union Baptist Church, and Brice, in a cheerful pink suit, chatted with fellow Haitian-American parishioners about the less cheerful economy.
Next door, an empty Western Union money transfer office stood as a testament to their complaints that a bad economy in New York makes for a dire situation in Haiti.
“Now the money’s gone,” Brice said, prompting nods of agreement. “But of course,” she said, “we send home what we can.”
