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June 11, 2021

TED Radio Hour

WNYC Public Radio

People who have looked at how the city does plan to spend, places like the Citizens Budget Commission, that have looked at how the city is spending some these federal funds have been critical of using them towards programmatic expenses that could set expectations for New Yorkers.
June 10, 2021

NY's COVID vaccine effort was on pace to cost $1B. Then demand dropped.

Daily Reporter

New York had been on pace to spend about $1 billion on the historic effort to vaccinate its population against COVID-19, but slowing demand has led the state to pursue a shift in its strategy in recent weeks.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week urged local officials to shutter larger COVID-19 vaccination centers that have all but turned into ghost towns after months of churning out millions of doses to New Yorkers.