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COVID-19: Mount Vernon Mayor Calls Out Hospital For Low Vaccine Performance COVID-19: Mount Vernon Mayor Calls Out Hospital For Low Vaccine Performance
Covid-19: Mount Vernon Mayor Calls Out Hospital For Low Vaccine Performance A mayor in one of Westchester’s largest cities is calling for better performance from Montefiore after it was made public that it had the lowest vaccination rate in the state of New York. This week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo highlighted the top and bottom performing hospitals in administering the allocations of vaccines provided to them, with some reaching 100 percent efficiency and Montefiore Mount Vernon at the bottom of the list with an 11 percent vaccination rate. The next lowest-performing hospitals were Montefiore New Rochelle (23 percent), Brookdale Hospital Medical Center (24 perce…

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by Zak Failla