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Published reports say a longtime adviser to Governor Andrew Cuomo who is leading New York’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been calling county executives to gauge their loyalty to the Democratic governor amid two sexual harassment investigations. There also are allegations the Cuomo administration mismanaged COVID nursing home data. The head of the state County Executives Association says a line was crossed.
The Washington Post and The New York Times report that one Democratic county executive was so disturbed by the call from vaccine “czar” Larry Schwartz that the executive filed notice of an impending ethics complaint with the state attorney general’s office. Schwartz is Cuomo’s former top aide who returned to the fold on a volunteer basis during the pandemic.
Jacquie Slater & WNYT Staff Created: March 05, 2021 03:32 PM
Officials in Albany County say this week, they re on track to administer more than 8,000 COVID vaccines to county residents.
They re working to get shots to many people who may have challenges in securing appointments, as well as people who might be hesitant to get the vaccine at all.
A vaccination pod at the Metropolitan Baptist Church was a big success. Now the county says more will follow as their vaccine supplies are ramping up.
Getting the vaccine into the arms of historically undeserved populations isn t easy. Albany County Executive Dan McCoy says when he stopped by the vaccination clinic at the Washington Avenue Armory earlier this week, just three African Americans were there getting their shots.
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