3 Long Islanders hit hard by the recession
Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Didine Desrosiers helps her 7-year-old daughter Geraldine with homework. Desrosiers, 39, a single mother of three living in Elmont, doesn't want to rely on food stamps and Medicaid but does anyway because "I don’t want to be on the street, you know. I have to swallow my pride." (Sept. 19, 2011)
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As the impacts of the recession linger, thousands of Long Islanders have plunged into poverty. Here are three stories:
Lincoln and Wendy Johnson
The Johnsons, married 17 years, once lived comfortably with their children in a modest ranch home in East Patchogue. Today, the family's address is a homeless shelter.
Their troubles began when Lincoln Johnson, 44, lost his job as an assistant...
