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NEW YORK (WABC) -- As COVID vaccine eligibility expands once again in New York, one of the top spots for those appointments will be the newly-opened site at Yankee Stadium. The massive new site, which opened Friday to Bronx residents only, is stepping up in the race to vaccinate New Yorkers. Opening day happened on the same day Governor Andrew Cuomo announced those with comorbidities and underlying health conditions are eligible for the vaccine regardless of their age starting Feb. 15 It's a very rare sight to see Yankee Stadium them open for activity in February let alone at 8 a.m. Saturday ...

It has been almost a year since student-athletes in New York City were allowed to play. Now, they demand an equal playing field, since athletes on Long Island, as well as other places, have been given the go-ahead.

In addition, 15% were Latino even though they make up 29% of the population. "I was dumbfounded," said Jairo Guzman, President of the Mexican Coalition for the Empowerment of Youth in New York City. Guzman believes the problem is two fold - there's a trust issue amongst the community and there's an access issue. "For our community it's really an issue of do we trust the government, do we trust who's coming out to us and saying come and get vaccinated," Guzman said. He also believes, there's a lot of misinformation. "Many of our families got infected going to the hospital and they were discour...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- So many businesses have suffered greatly during the coronavirus pandemic and in Chinatown, a community that's suffered from the get-go, businesses are fighting to survive. At Jing Fong in Chinatown, along with the food descriptions in the window, are signs notifying customers that employees are tested for COVID-19. "In the beginning, our staff was a little nervous because no one wanted to deal with the reality of a positive case," Jing Fong's Claudia Leo said. But Leo said the staff now looks forward to the weekly tests. "You could say now they're happier that they're ...

Vivian Lin quit her job as an architect and started Groundcycle, a company that picks up organic material from homes and puts it into the back of a minivan.