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New York State Team The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in New York has been plagued by supply shortages, miscommunication and unpredictable deliveries as state and federal officials struggle to streamline the dire push to end the coronavirus pandemic, health care leaders said. Hospitals desperately seek details about when to expect more vaccine deliveries. A vaccination scheduling process effectively stalled at some sites due to the lack of information from government officials. And theres been co...

Photo courtesy Northwell Health As the coronavirus pandemic tested the viability of New York’s health care system, Gov. Andrew Cuomo turned again and again to Michael Dowling. The governor has worked closely with the leader of Northwell Health, New York’s biggest employer, relying on him as his chief intermediary with New York’s hospitals, naming his longtime ally to a panel to “reimagine” New York in the wake of COVID-19 and even making a Northwell nurse the first American to receive...

PUBLISHED 5:32 PM ET Dec. 18, 2020 PUBLISHED 5:32 PM EST Dec. 18, 2020 SHARE Hospitals are the backbone of the COVID-19 response and increasingly state officials are watching to see whether health care networks will be overwhelmed the pandemics second surge continues.  New York public health officials are linking another closure of the states economy to hospital capacity. At the moment, no hospital in New York has reached its limits, and ...

Gillibrand: New York Hospitals Need Federal Aid PUBLISHED 5:29 AM ET Dec. 11, 2020 PUBLISHED 5:29 AM EST Dec. 11, 2020 SHARE Hospitals in New York could face $25 billion in combined losses due to the coronavirus pandemic and need Congress to provide direct aid in the next relief package, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday.  Gillibrand, in a letter to top leaders in Congress, urged for federal funding to support hospitals in stimul...