WBFO Albany Correspondent Karen Dewitt reports
The state’s vaccination program continues to be plagued by problems, and new data from New York City shows that people of color are receiving the vaccination at lower rates than white people.
Of the 300,000 or so city residents who were vaccinated and who answered a question about their race and ethnicity, 48% were white, 15% were Latino and 11% were Black. In New York City, 29% of residents are Hispanic and 24% are African American.
Cuomo said preliminary state data shows that the trend holds for hospital workers who were offered vaccinations in December and January.
Cuomo said of the 70% of hospital workers statewide who are white, 63% took the vaccine. Latinos, who make up 8% of the total hospital workers, made up 10% of the employees who received the shot. Asian Americans, who are 11% of the health care workers, represented 16% of those taking the vaccine. But Black hospital workers, who are 17% of the total statewide health
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