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Coronavirus Update: Medical Supplies Confiscated From Hoarder Will Be Send To NY, NJ Medical Professionals

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus battle in New York and New Jersey will now receive nearly a million medical supplies confiscated by the FBI.

Earlier this week, federal authorities seized a huge stockpile from a hoarder in Brooklyn and at a warehouse in New Jersey.

The supplies included 192,000 N95 masks, 130,000 surgical masks and nearly 600,000 gloves.

Forty-three-year-old Baruch Feldheim, from Brooklyn, has been charged with assault and making false statements.

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