BP Adams Releases Statement On City's Initial Demographic Data For COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Press release from the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President:

January 31 2021

“For weeks, I have called for DOHMH to release the racial demographic data in real time on who is receiving the COVID-19 vaccine — and now that we finally have it, it is exactly what we feared. The failure to administer this vaccine to the populations in greatest need, communities that have suffered the most from the inequitable impact of the pandemic, is a stain on City Hall’s reputation that won’t soon be erased.

“New York City must immediately:

1) direct the bulk of its vaccine resources to getting the next doses into high-risk communities of color;

2) not wait for any federal money to increase doses to Black and Brown communities and other high-risk populations;

3) install rigorous checks to prevent non-New York City residents from receiving doses assigned to city residents;

4) implement my equity and efficiency plan — introduced in the City Council last week — to ensure speedier and more equitable distribution of the vaccine.”

This press release was produced by the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President. The views expressed are the author's own.