Nonprofit Sparks Outrage by Distributing Condoms Outside Brothels in Queens

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A nonprofit that rakes in tens of millions in taxpayer dough was accused of fueling sex trafficking in the city’s notorious “Market of Sweethearts” by handing out condoms right outside of brothels.

Locals spotted an AIDS Center of Queens County van parked outside a residential block on 41st Avenue and fumed as workers handed out condoms to prostitutes coming in and out of the sleazy joints along the troubled Roosevelt Avenue corridor.