Ex-Manhattan borough president C. Virginia Fields endorses Brad Hoylman for her old job
Former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields endorsed state Sen. Brad Hoylman for her old job.
The Harlem stalwart praised the Downtown senator as someone who could lead throughout the borough as it recovers from the pandemic.
“We are still in a pandemic where we need proven leadership that I think can broadly work with the various communities and the diverse needs of this borough,” Fields told the Daily News on Sunday. “When I discuss [health] with him . and knowing the needs still in the Black and Latinx community in this city, that to me was encouraging.”
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Freezing weather couldn’t stop 77-year-old Betsey Smith from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, even though it meant waiting more than two hours outside Brookdale University Medical Center in Brownsville, Brooklyn. She was one of hundreds of people on line. It s not too bad you just have to move your legs to keep warm, said Smith, an African-American woman who lives in nearby East New York. I know some people say they re not going to take this COVID vaccine, but I think it s important.”
In a bid to aid equitable access and combat vaccine hesitancy, Brookdale is trying an open-line approach rather than the pre-registered appointments system used by other hospitals.