How to Get the Coronavirus Vaccine in N.Y.C.
There are multiple websites, disappearing slots and even attempts to game the system. Here’s our guide to what you have to do to get a dose in your arm.
There are multiple websites, disappearing slots and even attempts to game the system. Here’s our guide to what you have to do to get a dose in your arm.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would run out of doses by next week.
A million city residents who are over 65 are now eligible to be vaccinated. But try making an appointment.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that New York urgently needs to bring the arts back — not only to help jobless artists, but to make sure that New York City survives.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York unveiled his 2021 agenda during his State of the State address on Monday, focusing on the coronavirus and its ramifications for the state.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New Yorkers 75 and older and some essential workers, like teachers, police and public transit employees, will be able to schedule Covid-19 vaccinations starting Monday.
As infection rates stay high, the threat of school closures loom once more. And some educators are teaching on television to reach kids without internet.
With the state facing a budget crisis, a Democratic supermajority in Albany may pave the way for new taxes and the legalization of recreational pot.
On Monday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York threatened to fine hospitals if they don’t increase the pace of coronavirus vaccinations.
The sluggish pace of vaccinations has been particularly striking in New York City, the onetime epicenter of the pandemic.
The sluggish pace of vaccinations has been particularly striking in New York City, the onetime epicenter of the pandemic.
Substance-abuse centers are shutting and relying on virtual programming, just as more and more people turn to drugs and alcohol.
The deaths at the St. Joseph’s Provincial House in Latham, N.Y., came as the virus surged in New York.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said he would not be vaccinated for Covid-19 until vaccines were widely available for his age group in Black, Latino and poor New York communities.
With a new variant of the virus emerging elsewhere in the country, it’s crucial to vaccinate New Yorkers quickly. But so far, only about 88,000 have received the shots.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said about 6,700 fans will be allowed to attend the Buffalo Bills home playoff game as part of a pilot plan for business reopening. Fans must test negative for Covid-19.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced on Monday that the state’s coronavirus positive test rate had surpassed 8 percent, the highest daily figure in months, but said there were anomalies in testing and reporting around the holidays.
On Monday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York called for testing of passengers on flights bound to New York from the United Kingdom, after a new strain of coronavirus was discovered.
Companies, unions and industry trade associations are lobbying governments to include their workers in the next round of virus vaccines.
At a Friday news conference, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said that a coronavirus shutdown was avoidable if New Yorkers continued to take precautions.
The mass vaccination program is off to an encouraging, if slow, start.
“We’re worse off in some ways than we were in the beginning,” said one nurse about the lack of workers and resources at her New York hospital.
City and state officials are trying to recover millions from quick deals made during the worst weeks of the pandemic this spring.
Hospitals around the country scrambled to administer the first shots after waiting months for the coronavirus vaccine.
Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at a Queens hospital, was the first person in the United States to be vaccinated. She wanted to “inspire people who look like me.”
Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, received the coronavirus vaccine during a news conference with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The governor makes a sharp strategic shift to persuade New Yorkers to take the coronavirus seriously as infections surge across the state.
With hospitalizations rising, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York outlined new criteria for regional shutdowns and for restricting indoor dining.
The first batch of the vaccine is expected to arrive in New York on Dec. 15.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York’s first batch of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is expected to arrive on Dec. 15, containing enough doses for 170,000 people. He said the state is also anticipating a shipment from Moderna.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced on Monday a series of emergency measures to combat rising hospitalizations and coronavirus case numbers.
New York will implement an assortment of new emergency measures as the state shifts its focus to a sharp rise in coronavirus-related hospitalizations.
The justices issued six opinions, several of them unusually bitter, in upholding challenges from churches and synagogues to state pandemic restrictions on religious services.
“You have a different court, and I think that was the statement the court was making,” the governor said after a 5-4 decision barring restrictions on religious services.
The positive test rate in Erie County has remained above 5 percent for almost two weeks.