Cuomo calls for large unions to help administer COVID-19 vaccines
Cuomo wants them to administer the vaccines themselves, or use their own health system provider where possible. This includes fire, police, transit, and teacher essential workforces.
and last updated 2021-01-27 00:07:42-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Governor Andrew Cuomo is asking large essential workforces and their unions to set up their own vaccination programs.
The initial announcement came three weeks ago, and has been discussed by the governor at several briefings since then.
Cuomo wants them to administer the vaccines themselves, or use their own health system provider where possible. This includes fire, police, transit, and teacher essential workforces.
Created: January 21, 2021 02:47 PM
Bus drivers in the Twin Cities are using duct tape to address a dangerous safety issue that Metro Transit has known about and even warned drivers about for several years but has yet to fix.
Records obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES show that large metal panels on the sides of some buses are prone to fly open while en route, leaving a three-foot piece of metal sticking out from the side of the bus like a giant knife.
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