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As New York state’s slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout gained momentum last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo credited government transparency with helping turn the tide.
“We got more aggressive, talking about percentages, showing transparency, people across the state what regions were doing what, what facilities were doing what,” he said during a press briefing on Jan. 20, as vaccinations topped 1.1 million.
But two weeks later as vaccinations approached 2 million, Cuomo has not yet revealed how many potentially life-saving COVID-19 vaccine doses are going to people of color hit hardest by coronavirus deaths, despite mounting concerns about racial disparity in the vaccination push in New York and across the country.
New York State Team
As New York state’s slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout gained momentum last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo credited government transparency with helping turn the tide.
“We got more aggressive, talking about percentages, showing transparency, people across the state what regions were doing what, what facilities were doing what,” he said during a press briefing on Jan. 20, as vaccinations topped 1.1 million.
But two weeks later as vaccinations approached 2 million, Cuomo has not yet revealed how many potentially life-saving COVID-19 vaccine doses are going to people of color hit hardest by coronavirus deaths, despite mounting concerns about racial disparity in the vaccination push in New York and across the country.