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Kathryn Garcia is increasingly everyone’s favorite in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary for second place.
The six-year sanitation commissioner under Mayor Bill de Blasio,
But despite having what supporters say is among the best résumés to lead the city on day one, Garcia is polling in single digits and would-be endorsers have been reluctant to lend their unqualified support.
That leaves a quandary for the Garcia campaign: How does she improve her name recognition with voters to show she’s viable and gain momentum if the people who admire her the most keep citing her as their second-place pick?
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New York State’s health department is weighing a plan to close St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, turning the 257-bed facility that is currently the only hospital on the entire Rockaway peninsula into a “micro hospital,” with 15 beds, the Queens Daily Eagle reported. St. John’s serves a population of roughly 130,000 people, 90% of whom are either Medicare or Medicaid patients.
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The New York Health Department is backing a plan to cut capacity and eliminate hundreds of employees at St. John s Episcopal Hospital. (Google Maps)
QUEENS, NY – Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling a proposed plan to cut capacity at Far Rockaway s only hospital absolutely unacceptable, almost exactly a year after the hospital treated Queens first COVID-19 case.
The New York Health Department is backing a plan to cut capacity and eliminate hundreds of employees at St. John s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, turning the hospital into a 15-bed micro hospital, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.
Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his criticism of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying that the governor’s statement on a new allegation of sexual harassment did not serve as an adequate apology.
“He just clearly was letting himself off the hook from something that the women involved said sounded pretty terrifying,” de Blasio said.
The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio highlighted vaccine statistics that show that a large chunk of doses administered at state-run sites in New York City are going to people who live outside the city. At the vaccine site at the Aqueduct race track in Queens, 75% of the shots have gone to residents outside of the city. At the Javits Center site, 42% of the shots have gone to residents outside of New York City.