New York’s slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination and handling of the booking to receive the shot has drawn the ire of some area residents.According to reports, some medical providers in New York have been forced to throw away some all.
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Roxanne Mustafa, one of the founders of the progressive grassroots group Staten Island Women Who March, voted for centrist Democratic Rep. Max Rose in his first run for Congress in 2018 and again when he ran in 2020, each time also volunteering on his campaign. But asked if she would have voted for Rose had he jumped into the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, Mustafa said, no, because she plans to back a candidate with more experience.
, Rose abruptly announced he would not run for mayor after all, saying he and his wife planned to adopt another baby and would use the time to spend with their infant son. In announcing his departure, Rose assured New Yorkers he was “not going anywhere in the fight to make our city and country live up to their promise.”
Ahead of an increasingly likely New York City mayoral run following a filing made with the city board of elections and the creation of a campaign bank account which a source familiar with the move described to Insider as a next step despite no official decision Yang explained why he has been out of the city during stretches of the pandemic. We live in a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, Yang told the Times. And so, like, can you imagine trying to have two kids on virtual school in a two-bedroom apartment, and then trying to do work yourself?
Yang has a son on the autism spectrum, and he and his wife Evelyn have spoken publicly about the challenges posed by the pandemic with getting the proper resources absent in-person schooling.
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New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, a leading contender in the city s 2021 mayoral contest, has released an ambitious climate change agenda that would codify several aspects of the Green New Deal in the United States s largest city.
Stringer released the 34-page proposal on Sunday, vowing in a Twitter thread to make New York City the national leader in the fight against climate change. The climate crisis requires bold and urgent action, he tweeted. My climate plan lays out bold but achievable goals that will deliver a future for our city that is fossil fuel-free, green, sustainable, and resilient.
The pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of life in New York City. It has also changed the usual format of campaigning for mayor and other elected offices.