COVID NYC Update: The city has less than 1,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine, as there are two new places open for appointments

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) – New York City had less than 1,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, according to data from the city’s website.

The city obtains its supply from the state.

The state says its shipments were delayed this week due to winter storms that affected much of the country.

Governor Cuomo said Friday: “All doses that should have been sent on Monday were withheld and only a limited number of Pfizer vaccines left the delivery facilities on Tuesday and Wednesday.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wants to remove Cuomo from the process and get the vaccine directly to the city.

The city has not stopped administering vaccines, as it has more than 110,000 second doses, which de Blasio would like to use as first doses, but state and federal officials have resisted.

In the meantime, people can start making appointments for two new mass vaccination sites that will open Wednesday in Brooklyn and Queens.

Appointments open at 8 a.m. Saturday.

The sites of Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights and York College in Jamaica will be run by New York State and FEMA.

During the first week, they will only accept appointments from people living in certain zip codes affected by the pandemic.

On Friday, de Blasio attended the opening of a new vaccination location at the Empire Outlets on Staten Island.

His wife, New York First Lady Chirlane McCray, toured a vaccination center at Canarsie High School on Friday, where she thanked workers for getting out of the storm.

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