New York s mass-vaccination plans are shelved as Cuomo takes different path
Cuomo adviser: There has to be a real statewide coordination here, which is what we re doing
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to members of New York state s Electoral College before voting for President and Vice President in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol in Albany on Dec. 14, 2020. (Photo by Hans Pennink / POOL / AFP)HANS PENNINK/Getty
ALBANY County officials who have for years been planning for a mass vaccination said they are seeing that training and preparation much of it funded by millions of dollars in federal grants pushed aside as the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has retained control of the state s coronavirus vaccination program, including having hospitals rather than local health departments administer the doses.