COVID NYC update: the city has less than 1,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine with 2 new locations open for consultation

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) – New York City had less than 1,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on hand on Saturday, data from the city’s website showed.

The city obtains its supply from the state.

The state said its shipments were delayed this week due to winter storms that hit much of the country.

Governor Cuomo said on Friday: “All doses that should have been sent on Monday have been withheld and only a limited number of Pfizer vaccines left the transport facilities on Tuesday and Wednesday.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wants to cut Cuomo out of the process and have the vaccine sent directly to the city.

The city has not stopped administering vaccines, as it has more than 110,000 second doses, which de Blasio would like to use as first doses, but state and federal authorities have resisted.

In the meantime, people can start making appointments for two new mass vaccination sites that will open on Wednesday in Brooklyn and Queens.

Consultations open at 8 am on Saturday.

The facilities at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights and York College in Jamaica will be managed by the state of New York and FEMA.

In the first week, they will only answer queries from people who live in certain zip codes hard hit by the pandemic.

On Friday, de Blasio attended the opening of a new vaccination site at the Empire Outlets on Staten Island.

His wife, New York City’s First Lady, Chirlane McCray, visited a vaccination center on Friday at Canarsie High School, where she thanked the workers for coming in the storm.

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