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Foss: Efforts to get vaccine to needy ramping up | The Daily Gazette
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Carl Jackson is eager to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I’ll be able to rest easy once I have it,” the 87-year-old Schenectady resident told me, while volunteering at the food pantry at Schenectady Community Ministries. “I’ll feel very comfortable, having something in my body that can help me fight the disease.”
Jackson’s age places him at higher risk of developing a severe illness or dying from COVID-19, but he hasn’t tried to get a vaccine appointment yet, for a couple of reasons.
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Bethesda House in Schenectady gets funding for new shelter | The Daily Gazette
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Bethesda House at 834 State St. in Schenectady is pictured on Thursday.
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SCHENECTADY With two recent funding awards announced by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Bethesda House of Schenectady has cleared all the funding hurdles and will be able to move ahead with construction of a new homeless shelter.
Cuomo announced earlier this week that the plans will receive $6.2 million in funding, marking the final funding piece on a long-term effort to expand housing for the homeless in the vicinity of Bethesda’s 834 State St. location, which also has shelter beds and apartments for the homeless.