Delayed shipments have brought our entire vaccination effort to a halt.
As of this morning, New York City has less than 1,000 first doses available. pic.twitter.com/frXPryVwKS
– Avery Cohen (@CohenAvery) February 20, 2021
The city obtains its stock from the state.
The state says their shipments have been delayed this week due to the winter storms that hit much of the country.
Governor Cuomo said Friday, “Every dose that should have been sent on Monday was stopped, and only a limited number of Pfizer vaccines left shipping facilities on Tuesday and Wednesday.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wants to cut Cuomo from the process and ship the vaccine directly to the city.
The city hasn’t stopped giving vaccines, as it has more than 110,000 second doses, which de Blasio would like to use as first doses, but state and federal officials have opposed.
Meanwhile, people can book appointments for two new mass vaccination sites opening Wednesday in Brooklyn and Queens.
Appointments open Saturday at 8am.
Medgar Evers College’s Crown Heights and York College Jamaica locations will be operated by New York State and FEMA.
For the first week, they only take appointments from people living in certain zip codes hard hit by the pandemic.
On Friday, de Blasio attended the opening of a new vaccination site at the Empire Outlets on Staten Island.
His wife, New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray, toured a vaccination center at Canarsie High School Friday, where she thanked the workers for dropping out in the storm.
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