Cuomo Blocked NYC Mass Vax Site To Punish Mayor

Politico reports:

In early 2021, pandemic-battered New Yorkers were finally feeling a glimmer of hope: A mass vaccine site at Citi Field that promised around-the-clock shots. Then Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepped in. The state’s chief executive was irate over the site, which happened to be championed by his political nemesis at the time — Mayor Bill de Blasio. Cuomo made his displeasure clear in a phone call to the Mets owner — and one of the country’s richest men — Steve Cohen.

The governor later withheld vaccines from the facility for several weeks. This account, which has never been reported, was relayed by nine people with direct knowledge of it. Cuomo is now running for mayor and leading every poll of Democratic primary candidates. All nine people who spoke to POLITICO about Citi Field were granted anonymity, which they requested out of fear of angering the ascendant former governor.

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