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New vax sites for children to open

120 new pop-up vaccination sites across New York State will be opened over a 12-week-period under the campaign, a coordinated effort to increase vaccination rates among school-aged children.

In the coming weeks, the State Department of Health will work with localities, community-based organizations and healthcare centers on-the-ground to establish the sites in all regions of the state. As announced by Governor Kathy Hochul, each region will be hosting two new events per week, with partners, host sites and outreach efforts tailored to best meet the needs of the communities they are built to serve, Hochul said.

“With these pop-up vaccinations sites, we are ramping up our campaign on the road and going into communities where vaccination rates are still lagging among young New Yorkers, so we can reach as many families as possible and make our schools safer for students and staff,” Hochul said.

A community-based medical professional will be available at each site to answer any questions parents and guardians of school-aged New Yorkers may have. Alongside the new sites, mobile vaccine buses will be launched in public recreational spaces like basketball courts and parks.

New vax sites for children to openApertura de nuevos sitios de vacunación - Manhattan Times News "Con estos sitios emergentes de vacunación, estamos intensificando nuestra campaña en el camino y entrando en comunidades donde las tasas de vacunación aún están rezagadas entre los jóvenes neoyorquinos, para que podamos llegar a tantas familias como sea posible y hacer que nuestr...

Rezoning takes root
Uptown residents witnessed a jolting sight in May, as the former Inwood Library building was demolished.

After a giant excavator pounded the building’s facade into rubble, it became abundantly clear that the rezoning of Inwood was at last moving forward.

The Inwood branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL), which stood at 4790 Broadway since 1952, was razed to make way for a new 14-story building that will include a modernized NYPL branch, 175 units of affordable housing and other amenities.

Nicknamed The Eliza in honor of Eliza Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s wife, the project will also host a 6,800-square-foot Pre-K facility operated by the Department of Education, a 10,000-square-foot activity and training center managed by The Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) and Children’s Village, and a STEM lab run by First Robotics.

The project is currently in the early stages of construction, as excavation is now underway following the demolition of the site, which also included a former car wash.

“It feels wonderful to be moving forward,” said CLOTH Executive Director Yvonne Stennett, speaking outside the construction site on a recent weekday. “It’s exciting for us and all of the entities involved.”

Rezoning takes rootLa rezonificación echa raíces - Manhattan Times News La sucursal de Inwood de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York (NYPL, por sus siglas en inglés), que se encontraba en el No. 4790 de Broadway desde 1952, fue demolida para dar paso a un nuevo edificio de 14 pisos…