NEW YORK CITY (WABC) Eighty-nine-year-old New Yorker Bob Holzman received his COVID-19 vaccine as soon as he could, hoping it would allow him to get back to his favorite activity, dancing.
Over the last 75 years, Holzman has danced his way around the city s events to the rhythms of swing, fox-trot, samba, and salsa.
And until last year, he had never missed a Lincoln Center s Midsummer Night Swing opening. He had been a fixture in dance parties at Manhattan s Bryant Park and other places with dance floors around the Big Apple.
But when the pandemic struck in March of 2020, Holzman found himself stuck at home, happily occupied reading electronic books on loan from the New York Public Library on a variety of topics, such as politics, science, and art, and playing scrabble online with friends.
More access and more shots means a quicker recovery, and that s what we want, he said.
These CHC sites will be federally-funded and organized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an effort to expand the CHC vaccine program, which works to increase vaccine availability and access in underserved and minority communities where access to vaccines has been a major challenge. Remember, one of the biggest issues with getting people vaccinated has been access, added Schumer. Especially in our underserved and disadvantaged communities. We ve heard numerous stories of people having to travel way too far to get a vaccine, hampering our ability to recover from the pandemic and return to normal. With this announcement of more vaccines and the sites poised to open up, New York is positioned to get more shots in arms, especially in areas where COVID has hit the hardest.
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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City announced they will be reopening to the public with restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Starting Thursday, March 25, the museum will initially open with a four-day per week schedule (Thursday-Sunday, 10:00am-5:00pm).
Officials say enhanced health and safety measures will be implemented, including a mandatory face covering policy, enforced social distancing, capacity limits (25 percent), timed ticketing and increased cleaning and disinfecting procedures.
New and Restored Experiences
As part of an ongoing commitment to open and interpret spaces inside the WWII-era ship, officials say the Intrepid s pilot escalator has been restored and made available to the public for the first time in decades.