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With Bronx Positivity Rate Currently at a Concerning 7.6 Percent, Site Will Be Reserved for Bronx Residents
Development of Site Being Made Possible Through Partnership with New York City, SOMOS Community Care and the New York National Guard
Yankee Stadium Site to Bolster State s Commitment to Ensuring Fairness and Equity in Vaccine Distribution Process
Ten Additional Community Vaccination Kits Deployed to NYCHA Senior Housing Developments, Public Housing Sites in Rochester and Hempstead and Churches and Community Centers in the Bronx and Brooklyn to Vaccinate Over 3,800 People This Weekend
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium is under development through a partnership between New York State, New York City, SOMOS Community Care, the New York National Guard and the New York Yankees. With the Bronx positivity rate currently at a concerning 7.6 percent, this site will be reserved specifically for Bronx
COVID has created a different dynamic in this country I call it low tide in America,
Governor Cuomo said. If you go to the amazing Shirley Chisholm Park and look at the bay during high tide, it looks beautiful, but if you go at low tide, you can see all the ugliness on the bottom. That s what we ve seen over this past year during America s low tide - the racism, the discrimination, the inequality - and COVID has only exacerbated that problem. The undeniable fact is that COVID has killed the Black and Latino communities at a higher rate than the white community. There is no getting around that and its why New York has made ensuring fairness and equity in the vaccine distribution such a priority. I understand there is a level of skepticism about the vaccine given how it was managed by the previous administration, but that s why New York did its own review. It s safe, it s effective, and it s the weapon that will win the war, but we will only be successful if everyone i
NY bringing Covid-19 vaccine into public housing, churches for seniors
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
Posted Jan 23, 2021
Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave an update on Jan. 23, 2021, about a plan to vaccinate seniors living in public housing.Teri Weaver | tweaver@syracuse.com
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Syracuse, N.Y. – State health officials are setting up Covid-19 vaccine clinics inside public housing facilities in New York City, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today that tactic will spread across the state.
“We bring the vaccine to the people,” Cuomo said of the effort to get more older people living in subsidized housing. “We’re going to do it all across the city, all across the state.”
Cuomo Announces Eight Community Vaccination Kits Deployed to Churches & Cultural Center Written by Office of the Governor.
Manhattan Site at Abyssinian Baptist Church Opened Sunday, January 17; All Other Sites Opened Monday, January 18
Furthers Governor s Directive to Distribute Vaccine in Communities Underserved by Traditional Health Care Institutions
More Photos of Abyssinian Baptist Church Site Here
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced eight community vaccination kits have been deployed to churches and cultural institutions in New York City, Long Island and Westchester. These sites bolster New York State s efforts to equitably distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to communities of color and low-income communities that are underserved by traditional healthcare institutions. The Manhattan site at Abyssinian Baptist Church opened yesterday and the remaining sites opened today, January 18. Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III of the Abyssinian Baptist Church was
Governor Announces Eight Community Vaccination Kits Deployed To Churches And Cultural Centers In New York City, Long Island And Westchester
By Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Office
Manhattan Site at Abyssinian Baptist Church Opened Sunday, January 17; All Other Sites Opened Monday, January 18
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced eight community vaccination kits have been deployed to churches and cultural institutions in New York City, Long Island and Westchester. These sites bolster New York State s efforts to equitably distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to communities of color and low-income communities that are underserved by traditional healthcare institutions. The Manhattan site at Abyssinian Baptist Church opened yesterday and the remaining sites opened today, January 18. Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III of the Abyssinian Baptist Church was the first to be vaccinated at the site. The sites opened to all eligible New Yorkers. The state is planning simil