NYS data shows eligible African-Americans getting COVID-19 vaccine at lower rates than other groups
Additionally, in the eligible 65-years-old or older and essential worker populations, Hispanic or Latinx individuals are receiving the vaccine at a low rates as well
Credit: Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo
Bronx residents receive COVID-19 vaccines at New York State Vaccination Site at Yankee Stadium. Author: Emyle Watkins Updated: 1:48 PM EST February 5, 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo shared data on Friday that shows eligible African-American New Yorkers are consistently getting the COVID-19 vaccine at lower rates than other groups.
Cuomo says that the two concerns the state has are access and distrust in the vaccine and cited a poll by the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) that showed that 39% of New Yorkers are hesitant to take the vaccine.
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SIFMA Opposes New York Stock Transfer Tax Due To Harm To Savers And Investors Date
03/02/2021
Today, SIFMA and 26 other organizations representing more than 544,000 workers in the financial services industry in New York State and throughout the U.S., and other business groups in the state, sent a letter opposing the STT to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie
SIFMA issued the following statement from SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. on the New York stock transfer tax (STT).
“SIFMA strongly opposes the imposition of a stock transfer tax (STT) due to the cost to retirement savers, investors, businesses and the economy. The STT is nothing more than a sales tax on investors and it runs counter to many longstanding policies promoting savings and economic growth. This type of tax has, in actual practice, resulted in a migration of trading volume to oth
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