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Broome County Executive Jason Garnar at a media briefing on COVID-19 last year. (Jillian Forstadt/WSKG)
The initial phase, 1A, made around 2.1 million health care workers and nursing home residents eligible for vaccination. Group 1B adds another 3.1 million eligible New Yorkers, including teachers, police officers, firefighters, public transit and safety workers.
During his State of the State address on Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York receives 300,000 vaccines from the federal government each week. That’s left them with just over 1 million vaccines to distribute to the now 5 million New Yorkers eligible.
The shortage is a challenge for counties tasked with operating vaccination sites. Broome County Executive Jason Garnar said everything needed to begin widespread distribution is in place but the vaccines themselves.