MOUNT VERNON, NY – One of the new emerging vaccination sites in the New York State network will be online this week in Grace Baptist Church City.
Across the state, these sites in churches, network centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers are expected to rank more than 25,000 people per week, and more sites are published online each week.
This is the network kit crusade that was presented in January through the state’s Vaccine Equity Working Group to serve deficient communities where physical care is less available.
“I am pleased to see that New York State continues to raise awareness of vaccines in communities like Mount Vernon,” Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard told Patch. “Our grace Baptist Church and Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center partners have been with us at every step COVID has revealed physical fitness inequalities based on racial and economic criteria, and those emerging sites help alleviate disparities in immunization of black and brown Citizens of New York. Mount Vernon is willing to identify new partnerships to promote access to vaccines for all, especially our most vulnerable citizens. “
The creation of several of these vaccination sites has been made imaginable through partnerships with public and personal physical care providers.
Here’s the one with the sites in the Hudson Valley:
Grace Baptist Churchfive2 S. 6th Avenue Mt. Vernon, NY Ouvert Thursday, February 4 and Friday, February 5 – by appointment only
Nodine Hill Community Center1four0 Fillmore Street Yonkers, NY Ouvert from Thursday, February 4 to Saturday, February 6 – by appointment Partnership with Providers: Sun River Health
Beulah Baptist Church 92 Catharine Street Poughkeepsie, NY Ouvert Friday, February 5 – by appointment Association with Providers: WMCHealth Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital
MLK Center 110 Bethune Boulevard Spring Valley, NY Open Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6 – by appointment Partnership with Providers: Sun River Health
Newburgh Armory Unity Center 321 S. William Street Newburgh, NY Event Saturday, February 6 – by appointment only Supplier Association: Montefiore St. Luke’s Hospital
Kiley Youth Center 709 Main Street Peekskill, NY Ouvert Saturday, February 6 – by appointment Association with Providers: New York-Presthroughterian Hudson Valley Hospital
As has been the case with previous emerging sites, those sites will be restored in 3 weeks to administer doses at the moment, the state said.
As the federal source of vaccines increases, New York plans to continue to create ephemeral places in social housing complexes and the more than three hundred churches and cultural centers that have volunteered.
“COVID has brought the sad reality of inequality and inequality in this country to a turning point,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in pronouncing emerging clinics. “COVID has killed black and Latino New Yorkers at a higher rate and that’s why network sites are one of New York’s vaccine priorities. More than 9,000 New Yorkers have been vaccinated through this effort, and by making the vaccine available and administered through trusted network partners, we can respond to skepticism and bring this important vaccine to those who wish. The soft at the end of the tunnel is brighter and brighter with the new location and injection administered. “