New York Official: Police Must Wait to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
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Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow police, corrections officers, firefighters, ambulance personal and other first responders not currently covered by the state s COVID-19 vaccination plan to be added to the list.
“Making the vaccine immediately available to this larger, yet still, essential population, will allow for a faster and more efficient vaccination campaign, Molinaro said in a letter to Cuomo, sent to Hudson Valley Post. I believed we must do everything in our power to protect them and those they serve. Leaving these groups to wait is a serious miscalculation and would be detrimental to the public s health and wellbeing.
‘Wrong and unacceptable’: Hudson Valley leaders condemn chaos at the Capitol
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 07, 2021, 7:22am EST
Leaders from around the world and the Hudson Valley are condemning the chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Westchester County Executive George Latimer (D) is calling for both
Democrats and Republicans to decry what happened. Let this be
a reminder we have a civic responsibility to not only vote but to uphold the basics
of our democratic society. Or else, as Ben Franklin said it s democracy only
if we can keep it.
Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro (R) released a statement
Hudson Valley leaders condemn Capitol chaos
Staff reports
As Americans watched violence and chaos consume the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, New Yorkers denounced the mayhem and called for a peaceful transition of power to Joe Biden.
With supporters of President Donald Trump storming the Capitol to stop Biden s confirmation as our next president with four people dying and dozens arrested Hudson Valley residents sounded off on the scene that shocked a nation and struck a nerve at home.
“What I saw today is disrespect for democracy, Westchester County Executive George Latimer told The Journal News/lohud on Wednesday. “That is something that we just frankly haven’t seen in this country before and I think it speaks poorly of the individuals involved and it speaks poorly of those who incite them.
State adjusts COVID vaccination plans as counties protest diminished role | The Daily Gazette
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A drive-through COVID test at the Saratoga Spa State Park.
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ALBANY Gov. Andrew Cuomo again addressed the slow and imperfect rollout of the COVID vaccine in New York state Tuesday, and said the campaign will transition away from hospitals in later stages, when the general public is receiving shots.
Leaders of some of the state’s 62 counties also spoke out Tuesday, sharing their distress at being sidelined instead of being allowed to implement the mass public vaccination plans they’ve been rehearsing for years.
Cuomo made only brief passing reference to county health departments in a news conference devoted largely to vaccination, but the leaders of the New York State Association of Counties said they saw some hope in the latest message from Cuomo and his top officials.