Jacobi Pediatric Trauma Center
Virtual Teddy Bear Clinic
and
Emergency Department Tour
March 25, 2021 at 9 am
RSVP by March 19, 2021
Available via Zoom for K through 1st Grades
Program includes a tour of the trauma bay, Teddy Bear Clinic, and “Ask a Nurse or Doctor” Q&A session
For more information contact:
Toni Knight @ Toni.Knight@nychhc.org or
Heidi Matias @ matiash1@nychhc.org
This afternoon, Assemblyman Ron Kim issued the following response to Governor Cuomo's attacks against him in today's press conference:
"On March 25th, the governor issued an executive order that sent COVID-19 positive patients into unprepared nursing homes. At the same time, he surreptitiously slipped legal immunity into our state budget bill for hospital executives and for-profit nursing homes at the request of powerful lobbyists like the Greater New York Hospital Association — a group that donated $1.25 million towards his campaign. All while his administration lied about the data.
This administration was grossly under-reporting nursing home deaths by as much as 50 percent and withholding information about the situation to federal and state officials — a move that benefited the same healthcare donors helping his campaign over the years.
As legislators we have a duty to uncover the truth behind the nursing home deaths and the governor's explanations do not add up. While he claims he was taking time to answer the Justice Department, we saw him gallivant around on a book tour and victory lap across prime time cable shows. Again, all while his top aide deliberately hid the information in fear of political and legal consequences.
The governor can smear me all he wants in an effort to distract us from his fatally incompetent management. But these facts are not going away because they are the facts — unacceptable facts that hold him accountable."
Councilman Mark Gjonaj has decided not to run for re-election, and return to the private sector. In an interview with City & State Councilman Gjonaj said that he was elected to serve his district which is different from other council districts as New York City evolves. “The current political climate is not favorable to a centrist ideology that my constituency, community and I embrace.”
Mark Gjonaj was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 2012. He was the first Albanian-American elected to elected office in New York. He then ran for the term limited seat of former Councilman Jimmy Vacca in 2017 defeating four other candidates in the Democratic Primary, and winning the November general election.
Those who were against Gjonaj had said there was wrongdoing by him, but nothing came from that except bad publicity as no charges was brought against him by the council. Gjonaj attributed that to Anti-Albanian racism.
In a statement Mark Gjonaj said, “As a proud Albanian-American and son of immigrant parents, I am not a stranger to being the subject of ethnic stereotypes and tropes,” Gjonaj wrote in his statement announcing his decision not to run. “As a minority ethnicity that has been subjected to ethnic cleansing, communist tyranny, foreign influence and occupation, and continued discrimination and prejudice, I have been genuinely surprised at the pervasiveness in which ethnic smears have been used as tools in an attempt to damage both myself and my community… I will not allow myself to be used as a weapon to divide the district or be used to tarnish a community or ethnicity.”
Mark Gjonaj now joins Ruben Diaz Sr. as the second Bronx City Council member not to seek re-election.
As of 11 AM today, New York's Health Care Distribution Sites Have Administered 92% of the Total First Doses Received from Federal Government
New Statewide Demographic Breakdown of Vaccine Acceptance Rate
Vaccine Dashboard Will Update Daily to Provide Updates on the State's Vaccine Program; Go to ny.gov/vaccinetracker; Dashboard Now Includes Demographic Data
Governor Cuomo updates New Yorkers on the state's vaccination program. As of 11AM today, New York's health care distribution sites have received 2,192,675 first doses and already administered 92 percent or 2,024,225 first dose vaccinations and 87 percent of first and second doses. The week 10 allocation from the federal government allocation from the federal government begins mid-week.
"We know the vaccine is the weapon that wins the COVID war and we are doing everything we can to get shots in arms as quickly as possible while continuing to prioritize access and equity for underserved communities," Governor Cuomo said. "More than one million New Yorkers have now been fully inoculated against the COVID virus and that's great news, but we won't stop until every New Yorker has had the opportunity to take the vaccine. The numbers prove our vaccination efforts are working and we're now beginning to ease restrictions across the state - our only limitation continues to be the federal supply. I'm confident that we will continue to see an increase in the weekly supply with new leadership in Washington, but until then New Yorkers must do their part and remain vigilant and we will do our part to fight for more supply."
Approximately 10 million New Yorkers are currently eligible to receive the vaccine. The federal government has increased the weekly supply by more than 20 percent over the next three weeks, but New York's vast distribution network and large population of eligible individuals still far exceed the supply coming from the federal government. Due to limited supply, New Yorkers are encouraged to remain patient and are advised not to show up at vaccination sites without an appointment.
The 'Am I Eligible' screening tool has been updated for individuals with comorbidities and underlying conditions with new appointments released on a rolling basis over the next weeks. Starting next week, local health departments will also receive vaccine allocations for these individuals. New Yorkers can use the following to show they are eligible:
Vaccination program numbers below are for doses distributed and delivered to New York for the state's vaccination program, and do not include those reserved for the federal government's Long Term Care Facility program. A breakdown of the data based on numbers reported to New York State as of 11AM today is as follows. The total week 9 allocation is also inclusive of some excess vaccine doses that have been reallocated from the federal Long Term Care Facility program.
STATEWIDE BREAKDOWN
First Doses Received - 2,192,675
First Doses Administered - 2,024,225; 92%
Second Doses Received - 1,178,350
Second Doses Administered - 900,303
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250,924 Appointments Successfully Booked at State-Run Vaccination Sites Following Expansion of Eligibility to New Yorkers with Comorbidities
1,645,941 Individual Screenings Performed Through "Am I Eligible" Tool on Sunday Alone; 13 Percent of Total Screenings
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that on Sunday, the first day of eligibility for New Yorkers with comorbidities, more than a quarter of a million vaccination appointments were made at state-run mass vaccination sites-the largest single-day registration total since vaccinations began. Specifically, 250,924 New Yorkers made appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine at a rate of nearly 10,000 per hour. Additionally, 1,645,941 screenings were conducted on the state's 'Am I Eligible' tool on Sunday, which represents 13 percent of all screenings conducted through that site since it was first launched.
With this massive push complete, appointments are now booked through April 16 at state-run mass vaccination sites, with the only exceptions being:
