The chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing company whose six New York lobbying firms include Albany’s best connected, wrote last week to governor Andrew M. Cuomo with an ask: priority for its drivers in the next round of coronavirus vaccinations.
Days later, the president of New York’s largest transit union spoke about the same topic with the chairman of the state transit authority, a Cuomo appointee. Not to be outdone, the Hotel Trades Council, a hospitality labour group with an aggressive political arm, urged the state’s health commissioner in a letter on Tuesday to give priority to its members.
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âBig Fightâ Breaks Out Over Which Interest Groups Get Vaccine First
Companies, unions and industry trade associations are lobbying governments to include their workers in the next round of virus vaccines.
Health care workers were among the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The question is, who comes next?Credit.Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
Dec. 20, 2020
The chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing company whose six New York lobbying firms include Albanyâs best connected, wrote last week to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with an ask: priority for its drivers in the next round of coronavirus vaccinations.