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State targeting 21 Long Island ZIP codes with low COVID vaccination rates, Cuomo says
https://www.newsday.com ^ | Updated July 26, 2021 8:24 PM | By Bart Jones

Posted on 07/28/2021 7:47:07 AM PDT by Red Badger

New York State will spend $15 million to target communities with low vaccination rates but high levels of new cases, including in 21 Long Island ZIP codes, in an effort to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19.

The program will focus on 117 ZIP codes throughout the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Monday, and will use community-based organizations to reach people who have declined to get the shot.

The majority of the communities — some 61% — are in New York City. The Long Island communities represent 18% of the total and include parts of Calverton, Wyandanch, Elmont and elsewhere. The 117 ZIP codes overall contain 6.7% of the state’s population and many of the locations are in poor, largely minority communities, Cuomo said.

Cuomo announced the program as new confirmed cases of the virus continue to rise, with the numbers in New York State increasing sixfold in the last month.

New daily cases jumped from 346 on June 26 to 1,982 in test results from Sunday, the governor said.

Some 75% of adults in the state have received at least one dose of the vaccine, Cuomo said. But that leaves 25% who have not — a total of 3.5 million people.

Only 0.15% of people in the state who are vaccinated have become infected with the virus, Cuomo added, saying "the vaccines work, and it’s proven in the numbers."

The community groups and the money they will receive are: $5.5 million to the Hispanic Federation; $5.5 million to the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; $1 million to the New York Immigration Coalition; $1 million to the Asian American Federation; $1 million to the Charles B. Wang Community Center; and $1 million to the APICHA Community Health Center.

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The governor indicated that might include one-on-one conversations between workers for the organizations and residents in the targeted zones.
1 posted on 07/28/2021 7:47:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

I always wonder what the breakdown by race would be in these areas in a big city.


2 posted on 07/28/2021 7:48:01 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: dynachrome

Map at link....................


3 posted on 07/28/2021 7:49:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

You gonna punish us Governor scuzzbag? Perhaps put us in nursing homes full of the Covid sick. Come and get me.


4 posted on 07/28/2021 7:50:15 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Red Badger

I hope NYers are going to push back on this, with lawsuits, etc.

First....it’s NOT a vaccine.

Second...it’s a disease that is 99.8%++ survivable.

Pound sand, Commissar.


5 posted on 07/28/2021 7:50:24 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: Red Badger

Burn money


6 posted on 07/28/2021 7:50:30 AM PDT by vigilante2
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To: Red Badger

Gee...wonder where those neighbor hoods might be???


7 posted on 07/28/2021 7:50:41 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: goodnesswins

Map and list at link.....................


8 posted on 07/28/2021 7:51:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Link requires subscription to this commie paper


9 posted on 07/28/2021 7:51:19 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: LIConFem

Ping.


10 posted on 07/28/2021 7:51:48 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Red Badger

Isn’t cuomo the same governor who sent sick covid positive patients into nursing homes to infect the residents and staff killing thousands?

I mean, We know bidens DOJ drooped the charges on this earlier this e
Week, but what does he care about this?


11 posted on 07/28/2021 7:53:25 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Vaquero

Not on my computer.

Works fine........... I use ‘Brave’ browser.............


12 posted on 07/28/2021 7:53:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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The 117 ZIP codes overall contain 6.7% of the state’s population and many of the locations are in poor, largely minority communities, Cuomo said.

The CDC says that while blacks are 13% of the population, they are only 9% of the cohort who has received at least one jab.

Wouldn't it be an interesting dilemma for progressives if they had to make good on their threats - and start banning poor blacks from public spaces or threatening them if they don't get the jab?

13 posted on 07/28/2021 7:55:06 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Jane Long

Nazi dictator wants to know where you are, congress passed law last week to exonerate these state scumbags who murdered nursing home family members, nice to be forgiven for murder


14 posted on 07/28/2021 7:55:38 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (“When the people fear the government you have tyranny, when the government fears the people you have)
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To: Red Badger

I hate my computer. I use my iPhone for everything now.


15 posted on 07/28/2021 7:56:35 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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So even Vaccinated Compilers are going to get a tongue wagging?

Good.

16 posted on 07/28/2021 7:56:51 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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The Long Island communities represent 18% of the total and include parts of Calverton, Wyandanch, Elmont

Ah, the MS-13 enclaves

17 posted on 07/28/2021 7:56:57 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Army Air Corps
Saw it. Thanks. Not answering the door. Security cam/sound will record their behavior. If they're too persistent, the police will be called (for what little good it’&rsquoll do).
18 posted on 07/28/2021 7:57:50 AM PDT by LIConFem (Read up on Russia's Oct, 1917 Revolution... And prepare.)
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To: stanne

Yeah he is. See#4


19 posted on 07/28/2021 7:57:55 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: dynachrome

That map illustrates the lie that it’s white Trump supporters who aren’t getting vaccinated.


20 posted on 07/28/2021 7:58:28 AM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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