New Yorkers who are 60 and older are eligible to receive the coronavirus
vaccine today.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the changes come as more vaccines are becoming
available.
Cuomo also
announced that public-facing government, nonprofit and essential building
service workers can be vaccinated beginning next Wednesday.
This group includes social service, child case workers, sanitation workers, DMV
workers and more.
Also, starting next Wednesday, all vaccine sites will be able to
vaccinate anyone eligible.
The only exception is pharmacies will only be
vaccinating those 60 and older and teachers.
This means sites like Yankee Stadium that are currently only vaccinating
people living in the Bronx will be able to vaccinate any eligible New Yorkers
when the change takes effect.
The governor says there has been
frustration over vaccine appointments and eligibility, but the Biden
administration is working to increase the production of the vaccine so it can
be more heavily distributed.
The state is
also opening 10 additional
state-run mass vaccinations sites, including one at an
undetermined location in the Bronx.