Chuck Schumer accuses Cuomo of withholding pandemic money from NYC: Dem leader hands $32BN DIRECT to Mayor de Blasio and says city doesn t always see the cash it s due
New York Senator Chuck Schumer appeared to take a swipe at the state s governor Andrew Cuomo during a press briefing on Thursday
He announced a new super charged vaccine drive for NYC
It will establish 100 community vaccine sites using $32billion from the COVID relief bill passed in December
Schumer said the money would head straight to the city bypassing Albany When Albany gets the money sometimes the city doesn t see all of it, he said
Schumer: More Help Is On The Way For New Yorkers Who Want COVID Vaccine, With Extra Focus on Underserved, Minority Communities
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More access and more shots means a quicker recovery, and that s what we want, he said.
These CHC sites will be federally-funded and organized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an effort to expand the CHC vaccine program, which works to increase vaccine availability and access in underserved and minority communities where access to vaccines has been a major challenge. Remember, one of the biggest issues with getting people vaccinated has been access, added Schumer. Especially in our underserved and disadvantaged communities. We ve heard numerous stories of people having to travel way too far to get a vaccine, hampering our ability to recover from the pandemic and return to normal. With this announcement of more vaccines and the sites poised to open up, New York is positioned to get more shots in arms, especially in areas where COVID has hit the hardest.
Highlights
The victories by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Georgia runoff elections for the U.S. Senate mean that incoming majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will preside over the narrowest possible majority in the Senate under which Vice President Kamala Harris would provide the tie-breaking vote.
The House and the Senate s narrow margins make it unlikely that broad sweeping proposals advanced by progressive Democrats but not supported by their more moderate colleagues will be able to pass. However, control of the Senate should significantly impact the prospects for President Biden s healthcare agenda.
This Holland & Knight alert provides an updated assessment of healthcare policy activities likely to see action in the new 117th Congress and the Biden Administration in the wake of the Georgia runoff elections and based on additional information coming out of the Biden-Harris team.
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