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FEMA to open more vaccination centers in New York and Texas FEMA will open additional vaccination centers in Texas and New York next week, part of its effort to potentially set up 100 mass vaccination sites nationwide. And if the military has to man each of these stations, it's possible that there could be 18,000 military personnel involved in putting in vaccines. NEW YORK: -- Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn - will be able to vaccinate 3,000 people a day TEXAS --Houston - NRG Center will be able to vaccinate 6,000 people a day. --Dallas - Fair Park Cotton Bowl Stadium will be able to vaccin...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The return of indoor dining in New York City couldn't come soon enough for struggling Big Apple restaurants, as a new survey by the New York City Hospitality Alliance reveals 92% of more than 400 respondents couldn't afford to pay December rent, a number that has steadily increased since the start of the pandemic. In June, the survey revealed 80% of restaurants could not afford to pay rent; July 83%; August 87%; and October 88%. The non-profit organization says the year-end figures are dismal for the future of the "Restaurant Capital of the World." Before COVID-19, New...

Thursday opening of vaccine sites delayed Due to the COVID vaccine supply shortage and shipments delayed by storms, NYC is delaying the opening of vaccination sites at Empire Outlets on Staten Island and Martin Van Buren High School in Queens that were originally planned for Thursday. "I cannot be clearer: we have the infrastructure in place to deliver half a million doses per week," Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "All that's missing is the supply to get it done. We need our the pharmaceutical companies to step-up and give us the doses we need to vaccinate the people of our city. There is not a m...

Those neighborhoods with low vaccination rates also tend to have higher rates of infection. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city is opening more vaccination sites in these neighborhoods to try to change that. "We're going to be doing a lot of grassroots outreach to draw people from Brownsville and East New York to this center right in their community, to get the help that they need and deserve," the mayor said. "And grassroots outreach, grassroots leadership, is going to be key to getting this done." The city also updated its vaccine scheduler in 10 different languages. You can visit nyc.gov/va...

Andrew Cuomo has threatened political retribution against Democrats who have criticized him in an aggressive effort to contain political fallout from revelations that his administration had concealed the full extent of nursing home-related deaths.