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Fingerlakes1.com Menu Mobile vaccination sites are coming to New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday. The mobile vaccination effort will be led by Sun River Health. The New York Farm Bureau has been calling for this type of effort to vaccinate farm workers. “We want to get everyone vaccinated,” Cuomo said. “We need to reach herd immunity. It’s a fascinating situation where until everybody is safe, nobody is safe.” Many farmworkers across New York are migrants and seasonal wor...

Vulnerable farm workers and rural communities are being overlooked by New York State's Covid vaccine rollout.

Montanans sound off on decision to stop the Keystone pipeline MTN and last updated 2021-02-22 10:33:18-05 Governor Greg Gianforte is affirming his support for restarting the Keystone XL Pipeline by meeting with Montanans directly affected by President Joe Bidens executive order halting the oil pipeline. Gianforte made three stops in northern Montana on Friday, all focused on hearing directly from those impacted by Mr. Biden’s decision. The first stop was a pipe yard in Phillips County. Gi...

Hard-hit Haverstraw gets vaccine site as lawmakers weigh 1-dose approach News 12 Staff Updated on:Feb 19, 2021, 6:20pm EST The COVID-19 vaccine has finally made its way to Haverstraw, where the demand is outweighing the supply. A total of 250 doses were administered at the Haverstraw Community Center, one of the hardest-hit areas in Rockland County. “At this point, we could really use more,” said Roberta Kelly, the chief nursing officer for Sun River Health. “I think around 250 doses a...

Montanans sound off on decision to stop the Keystone pipeline MTN and last updated 2021-02-20 11:20:07-05 Governor Greg Gianforte is affirming his support for restarting the Keystone XL Pipeline by meeting with Montanans directly affected by President Joe Bidens executive order halting the oil pipeline. Gianforte made three stops in northern Montana on Friday, all focused on hearing directly from those impacted by Mr. Biden’s decision. The first stop was a pipe yard in Phillips County. Gi...

TOM LUTEY What a power plant costs Montana customers might not be the determining factor for whether it stays on utility bills under a proposed law drawing some support from the Montana Public Service Commission. Commissioners on Tuesday weighed the merits of not making decisions about coal-fired power plants without first considering the economic impacts to host communities. Commissioner Randy Pinocci said his constituents in Eastern Montana were ready to pay more for electricity t...

New vaccination sites target minority communities across Hudson Valley News 12 Staff Updated on:Feb 03, 2021, 10:33pm EST New vaccination sites are popping up all across the Hudson Valley - from churches in Mount Vernon and Poughkeepsie to the MLK Center in Spring Valley. Velma McKenzie-Orr says she battled coronavirus and has lived to tell the tale, and now on Thursday, shell be able to rid her virus fears once and for all. She will be one of 500 seniors in Mount Vernon expected to get the Pfi...

New York last month started a few pop-up sites, and they have provided nearly 9,000 first COVID-19 doses.

Share 35 Additional Community Vaccination Kits Deployed to NYCHA Senior Housing Developments, Public Housing Sites, Churches and Community Centers Statewide   Sites will Vaccinate Over 25,000 People This Week and Bolster States Commitment to Ensuring Fairness and Equity in Vaccine Distribution Process   Past Deployment of Kits Have Enabled Over 9,000 New Yorkers to Receive First Dosage of Vaccine at Community-Based ‘Pop Up’ Vaccination Sites   WYSIWYG Governor Andrew M. Cuomo t...

New York State Team ALBANY -- New York announced Wednesday it is opening 35 community-based pop-up vaccination sites this week at churches, community centers, public housing complexes and cultural centers. The goal is to vaccinate more than 25,000 people through the week and add more sites weekly to reach as many communities as possible to get vaccines in as many arms as possible. New York last month started a few pop-up sites, and they have provided nearly 9,000 first COVID-19 doses. Those ...