At the bottom of the article, is says
New York accepts all vaccines that have been approved by either the World Health Organization or America’s federal Food and Drug Administration.
Russians would likely be nationalistic, and opt for Sputnik. Except there is one problem...
Sputnik isn't approved by the WHO and I don't see any evidence that it's kosher in NYC.
So this is likely disingenuous reporting.
Useful to note Sputnik V was declared excellent by the Lancet in a peer-reviewed layout of the clinical trial data. The objections holding up approval at this point seem to be inspection of the manufacturing plant not meeting WHO standards.
This happened to Johnson & Johnson in Baltimore. Their vaccine doses are likely to be an inventory at your local pharmacy are from the Netherlands factory. I don’t know where the Pfizer manufacturing plant is. Probably not the US.
It’s also very likely that there is some competitive issue involved. Sputnik V is selling well all over the world. England, with Oxford AstraZeneca, likely competes, and there is sinovac as well.
Know that vaccines are not rocket science. These are not difficult things to do. All these countries that are creating their own vaccines are likely creating an item that works just fine.