Empire Outlets is open: Staten Island residents begin getting vaccinated
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 19, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the COVID-19 vaccination site at Empire Outlets on Staten Island on Feb. 19, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/ Alexandra Salmieri)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Borough residents began getting vaccinated at Empire Outlets on Friday, as the borough’s second mass vaccination site opened after nearly a month-long delay.
The vaccine site, dedicated for Staten Island residents, was set to open Thursday, but was canceled last minute after inclement weather across the nation caused vaccine shipment delays.
The Empire Outlets location was first slated to open on Jan. 22, but the opening was postponed just days before due to a delayed shipment and shortage of the Moderna coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, the Advance/SILive.com previously reported.
setting storms and more dangerous flash floods could be on the way. today, after president obama declared texas a disaster area. well, joining me from the town of aubrey is nbc s janet samly an shamlian joining me now. not good enough to show you the spillway alex. it s unbelievable to me that the rain is coming down like this again today. we ve got a flash flood warning. after everything this state has been through in the past week here in north texas it is they are just getting slammed once again. this is going to be an uneasy weekend for a lot of people. another round of punishing rain for flood ravaged parts of texas. in wharton, south of houston, a voluntary evacuation turned mandatory for some along the swelling colorado river. it s like a ghost town now. hardly nobody here. the deluge hit dallas friday.
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