Enrique Minaya (right) and employee Hector Gonzalez during a quiet moment at the Minaya deli.
Officially, the city and national economies are out of recession. But in New York’s bodegas, the evidence—in lottery tickets, food stamps and reduced sales—suggests otherwise.
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