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Friday, January 15, 2021
Vol. 70, No. 3
N E W H Y D E PA R K
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
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SUOZZI, RICE ENDURE CAPITOL SCARE
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Scramble on for COVID-19 vaccinations Cuomo broadly expands eligibility but says far too few doses available BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The state has broadly expanded the number of people eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said far too few doses are arriving to do the job. Cuomo announced last week that the “1b group,” which includes essential workers like teachers, firefighters and public safety officers, grocery store workers, corrections officers, child care providers, public transit employees, those working or living in homeless shelters, and people at least 75 years old, was eligible to obtain the vaccine beginning this week. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that states allow people ages 65 and older to receive the vaccine, and Cuomo said New York would do so. The state will also extend eligibility to people with compromised immune systems but exactly when has not been specified. Of the seven million people in New York who are now eligible to
receive the vaccine, 870,000 are education workers, 207,000 are first responders, 100,000 are public safety workers, 100,000 are public transit workers, and more than three million are people 65 and older. “After 10 long months, the expansion of eligibility for additional New Yorkers to begin making their COVID-19 vaccination plan is a light at the end of the tunnel,” Cuomo said on Monday. “The vaccine is the weapon that will end the war, and as we continue to prioritize health care workers as hospital capacity necessitates, New York is proud to have reached this milestone and we strongly encourage all who are newly eligible to schedule their free vaccination appointment as soon as possible.” At the current rate of 300,000 vaccine doses being supplied to the state each week, Cuomo said, patience will be required. “We receive 300,000 dosages per week; that has not changed,” Cuomo said. “The federal government didn’t Continued on Page 36
PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Herricks High School senior Rhea Rasquinha is among the top 300 scholars in the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search, as announced by the Society for Science. See story on page 3.
Bosworth won’t seek re-election, Wink to run BY R O S E W E L D ON
A longtime colleague, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, said After decades in public ser- he would run for the post this vice, Town of North Hempstead fall. “The pandemic has been Supervisor Judi Bosworth has announced she will not to run a time of deep reflection,” Bosworth, a Democrat, said in a for another term.
statement released by the town on Monday morning. “One of the lessons that has been reinforced for me is the importance of family and how essential the time is that we spend with our Continued on Page 28
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