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Race to vaccine continues as struggles persist for many with demand far outweighing supply A new state-run COVID-19 vaccination site opened Monday at Stony Brook University. (Credit: Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo)
When the COVID-19 pandemic began last March, Sarah Christ transitioned from her office to home to complete her seasonal work as a tax preparer. Having been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2016, Ms. Christ took extra precautions to safeguard herself from the respiratory disease.
With a new tax season approaching, and a return to work on the horizon, Ms. Christ began weighing the options of working from home again or traveling back to the office as a boost for her mental health.
East End officials push back against ‘nonexistent’ vaccine rollout (Credit: Steve Wick)
A coalition of East End officials have joined together to call for an equitable share of COVID-19 vaccines for residents.
In a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone Thursday, more than a dozen lawmakers, including all five East End supervisors, several village mayors and state representatives voiced concerns about vaccine accessibility on the twin forks and Shelter Island.
“We recognize the difficulties inherent in implementing such a massive endeavor,” the lawmakers wrote, adding that distribution of the vaccine on the East End is “virtually nonexistent.”
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East End lawmakers are asking that residents get their fair share of the vaccination rollout. (Shutterstock.)
EAST END, NY East End lawmakers have teamed up to voice their concerns about a lack of vaccine distribution sites in the area.
In a letter to New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell, Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, and Shelter Island Town Supervisor Gerard Siller, as well as East End mayors, Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio, Assemblyman Fred Thiele, and Senator Anthony Palumbo all said they understood the difficulties in implementing such a massive endeavor.
State agency suppressed 725 child death reports over decade
Suffolk County death is latest episode in which state agency concealed analysis of county performance
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Riverhead, N.Y.: Justyna Zubko-Valva is pictured with a photo of her son Thomas Valva at the Arthur M. Cromarty Criminal Court Complex in Riverhead, New York on Feb. 6, 2020. Thomas Valva s father, Michael Valva, and his father s girlfriend, Angela Pollina, were arrested on Jan. 24, 2020. They are charged with second-degree murder of Thomas Valva, 8 years-old.Newsday LLC/Newsday via Getty Images
ALBANY – Over the past decade, more than 700 reviews of child deaths in New York were kept hidden by a state agency, decisions denying the public answers about whether Child Protective Services (CPS) workers failed those children.