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Hochul Names New State Health Commissioner Hochul Names New State Health Commissioner
Hochul Names New State Health Commissioner New York Gov. Kathy Hochul continues making personnel changes from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s previous administration, this time with a new health commissioner. Hochul announced that she has chosen longtime healthcare professional Dr. Mary T. Bassett, to take over as the Commissioner of the Department of Health, replacing former top Cuomo aide Howard Zucker, who announced his resignation earlier this month. Original story - New York State Health Commissioner Resigns, Hochul Announces Bassett, who will be stepping down as the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health …

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COVID-19: NY Wants You To Take Free Online Health Training Program; Here Are Details COVID-19: NY Wants You To Take Free Online Health Training Program; Here Are Details
Covid-19: NY Wants You To Take Free Online Health Training Program; Here Are Details After being caught off-guard by the COVID-19 outbreak last spring, New York is taking preemptive measures to ensure that they are prepared for the next public health crisis. New York is launching the state’s Citizen Public Health Training Program - believed to be the first of its kind in the country - to train New Yorkers on how to best assist themselves, their families, and neighbors in the event of another event like the pandemic. The program, which was designed and will be run by Cornell University, includes an eight-session, 16-hour curriculum that is completely free and can be complete…

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COVID-19: Two New Pop-Up Vaccination Sites To Launch In Westchester COVID-19: Two New Pop-Up Vaccination Sites To Launch In Westchester
Covid-19: Two New Pop-Up Vaccination Sites To Launch In Westchester A pair of new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are being set up in Westchester as the state looks to provide the first doses of the vaccine to thousands of New Yorkers. Those sites are: New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza from Thursday, April 1 through 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 3; Greenburgh Neighborhood Central, 295 Knollwood Road from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 3. They are among 18 new community-based pop-up vaccination sites coming online at churches, community centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers in downstate New York to “bolster the state’s commit…

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COVID-19: NY Now Encouraging Houses Of Worship To Be Vaccination Sites COVID-19: NY Now Encouraging Houses Of Worship To Be Vaccination Sites
Covid-19: NY Now Encouraging Houses Of Worship To Be Vaccination Sites New York is calling on all houses of worship of all denominations to sign up as vaccination sites as part of the state’s “Roll Up Your Sleeve” COVID-19 campaign. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in Westchester County at Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon on Monday, March 22 to announce the new campaign to promote houses of worship of all faiths across the state to sign up as vaccination sites for their communities.  Houses of worship have all been given the green light to serve as points of distribution for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning in April. As part of this new campaign, medic…

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COVID-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland COVID-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland
Covid-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland Two new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are being set up in the Hudson Valley this week to provide first doses to thousands of New Yorkers. Those sites are: Westchester County: St. Thomas Episcopal Church on West Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck on Thursday, March, 18.  Rockland County: Haverstraw Community Center on Broad Street on Saturday, March 20. Appointments have already been filled at each site. They are among 16 new community-based pop-up vaccination sites coming online this week at churches, community centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers in downstate N…

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COVID-19: New Pop-Up Vaccination Site To Open In Northern Westchester COVID-19: New Pop-Up Vaccination Site To Open In Northern Westchester
Covid-19: New Pop-Up Vaccination Site To Open In Northern Westchester Three new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are being set up in the Hudson Valley this week to provide first doses to thousands of New Yorkers. Those sites are: Westchester County:  Mount Kisco Senior Center, Mount KiscoOrange County: Mulberry House Senior Center, in Middletown, Newburgh Armory Unity Center, in Newburgh Appointments have already been filled at each site. They are among a dozen new community-based pop-up vaccination sites coming online this week at churches, community centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers in downstate New York to “bolster the state…

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COVID-19: Cuomo Debuts 'Weapon That Will Win War' Against Virus COVID-19: Cuomo Debuts 'Weapon That Will Win War' Against Virus
Covid-19: Cuomo Debuts 'Weapon That Will Win War' Against Virus Gov. Andrew Cuomo has introduced New York to the "weapon that is going to win the war" against COVID-19. During an impromptu COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, Dec. 3 in Albany, Cuomo showcased the vaccine after the state received the first batch of vials containing the vaccination. Related story - COVID-19: 170,000 Vaccines Coming To New York, Here's Who Will Get Them “The next chapter is going to be vaccine distribution and acceptance,” Cuomo said. “This is the weapon that wins the COVID war, and we have to get serious about this. “The distribution is a massive undertaking by the government…

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