New York state's largest COVID vaccination site opened this morning - and it is not located at Yankee Stadium or the Javits Center, but on the campus of Medgar Evers College, a joint partnership of New York state and FEMA.
For the most part, vaccine distribution is left up to each state. In New York, attention is turning to lower-income neighborhoods with high COVID rates.
Officials say the sites are expected to vaccinate over 25,000 people throughout the week, with more sites coming online every week.
On Broadway, the tethers are empty and the silence is deafening, and so many are out of work. What needs to happen right now is New Yorkers and New York artists doing what they did in front of audiences again and being paid for it, director Zack Winokur said.
His 2019 musical tribute to poet Langston Hughes caught the eye of producer Scott Rudin, who is teaming up with De Niro s business partner, Jane Rosenthal, for this effort.
True to its name, NY PopsUp events will take place with no advance warning to avoid congestion.