A New York City teacher learned a tough lesson in supply chain frustration after her car broke down last winter. Now, she's been waiting nearly five months for the fix.
The problem is that the replacement part has not been available, but if anyone can get this hard-working public school teacher rolling again, it's 7 On Your Side's Nina Pineda.
Mendoza, a 7th grade public school teacher, had a lot on her plate. Besides working full time, she headed up the drama club and was finishing up her second Masters degree. She needed wheels to get from her Westchester home to school in the city. "So basically, I would have to pay out of pocket $35 a day to rent this car, and then they would reimburse me," she said."Which I couldn't do with paying my car payment and also trying to save up to pay the car off.""I've had to relocate to be closer to my job, because I didn't have a car," she said."So it's just been incredibly stressful in every way, financially, everything else.
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