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. Flora Pérez, a produce vendor in Queens, has been trying for weeks to get a vaccine appointment for her 82-year-old father. “It’s really, really hard — none are available,” Ms. Pérez, 58, said as she wrapped tomatillos in plastic bags at her stand in the Corona neighborhood. She does not have time to spend hours online or calling the state’s hotline, she said, so she and her siblings have been taking turns. “I’m waiting and waiting,” she said. Corona, where Ms. Pérez and he...

Logistical hurdles, fear and misinformation are threatening to leave some of New York City's immigrant communities behind as the vaccine rollout ramps up.