» Mar 4, 2021 Press Release
NEW YORK, NY – This week, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) encouraged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to consider adding COVID-19 vaccination sites to Hellenic-American Neighborhood Association (HANAC) senior facilities. HANAC is a citywide social service organization that, in addition to offering services and programs for more than 30,000 seniors in the city, owns and operates 650 senior affordable housing units in five separate residential buildings across Queens, NY. These residents are part of the high-risk demographic for severe outcomes should they contract COVID-19, with many homebound and without the technological literacy necessary to reserve a vaccination appointment online, making it both difficult to book an appointment and travel to off-site vaccine centers.