Health & Fitness
New NYC 'Vaccine For All Corps' Looks To Hire 2K
A city-run civilian corps will help with COVID-19 vaccination efforts in hard-hit communities, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
NEW YORK CITY — A new, city-run "Vaccine For All Corps" is looking to hire 2,000 New Yorkers from the neighborhoods hardest hit by the coronavirus.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that the corps needs workers to help with COVID-19 vaccination efforts in Staten Island, the Rockaways and the Bronx.
He said the goal is to hire from communities in order to vaccinate them.
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"We're hiring directly from the community, particularly places where we need more and more neighborhood people to be involved in the vaccination effort and where people need the economic opportunity," he said.
More than 2.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in New York City, de Blasio said. Last week the city doled out more than 339,000 doses.
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De Blasio said the city's vaccine supply is still below its capacity to give out 500,000 shots a week. But he said both supply and the wider effort are ready to move to another level.
People interested in applying for the vaccine corps can visit nyc.gov/vaccinejobs.
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