First Pfizer Vaccine Administered In NYC To Black Woman By Black Woman Healthcare and nursing home workers among the first in the United States to get the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine Monday. The image of two Black women in New York captured the nation’s attention as Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Northwell Long Island Jewish Medical Center, received the first vaccine injection Monday morning. Dr. Michelle Chester, director of employee services for Northwell Health, administered the injection. First Covid vaccine administered in NYC, broadcast on live tv, to a Black woman healthcare worker by a Black woman healthcare worker. pic.twitter.com/LdT7W2XDtl