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Governor Cuomo Announces "Roll Up Your Sleeve" Campaign to Encourage Houses of Worship of All Faiths to Sign Up as Vaccination Sites | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Skip to main content March 22, 2021

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Governor Calls on Medical Providers to Volunteer to Partner with Houses of Worship to Conduct Vaccination Clinics, Bolstering State's Commitment to Ensuring Fairness and Equity in Vaccine Distribution Process

GovernorReiterates Call on Religious Leadersof All Faiths to Partnerwith State and Establish Additional Vaccination Sites; Since March 8,WebformHas Already Identified Over 200 New Houses of Worship Willing to Serve Their Communities

InterestedMedical Providers and Houses of Worship Can Sign UpHere

Builds onState's Efforts to Bring Vaccine to Underserved Communities and Combat Vaccine HesitancyThroughHouses of Worship

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of the "RollUpYour Sleeve" Campaign to promote houses of worship of all faiths across the state to sign up as vaccination sites for their communities. All houses of worship can begin to serve as points of distribution for theCOVIDvaccine starting in April, significantly increasing the number of doses they can administer. As part of this new campaign, medical providers are being asked to volunteer to partner with houses of worship to conduct vaccination clinics, furthering the state's commitment toensure fairness and equity in the vaccine distribution process.

This campaign builds on the state's efforts to bring the vaccine to underserved communities and combat vaccine hesitancy through houses of worship. The Governor previously encouraged religious leadersof all faiths to partner with the state to establish pop-up vaccination sites at their facilities, and since March 8, over 200 new houses of worship have signed up to serve their communities. Houses of worship of all faiths are eligible to serve as points of distribution for theCOVIDvaccine. Interested medical providers and houses of worship cansign uphere.

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"Faith leaders are the most trusted voices in their respective communities, and with their help, we will be able to reach those New Yorkers who have suffered the most from this pandemic and bring the vaccine to the communities that got hit the hardest byCOVID,"Governor Cuomo said."Through this collaborative initiative, we will make sure that no neighborhood gets left behind in the vaccination phase of this ongoing fight. We have a duty to make sure the vaccine distribution is fair and equitable so that our communities that suffered the most in the peak of the pandemic do not get hit with yet another injustice."

Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and President of the National Action Network, said,"Houses of Worship are also places of refuge and trust and there is no better place tohave people confidently roll up their sleeves. We need Faith Leaders to rise up to the moment and help save people'slives that we are committed to serve."

"Faith leaders are the most trusted voices in their respective communities, and with their help, we will be able to reach those New Yorkers who have suffered the most from this pandemic.

New York State has continued to increase the number of pop-up sites deployed throughout the state. Since January 15, more than 160 community-based pop-up sites administered more than 62,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The establishment of many of these vaccination sites was made possible through partnerships with multiple public and private health care providers. Host sites andpartner providers conduct outreach within their communities and work with community leaders and organizations to identify eligible New Yorkers and schedule vaccination appointments.

This continued development of community-based 'pop up' vaccination sites furthers Governor Cuomo's mandate of ensuring the fair and equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. In late 2020, the Governor announced the launch of New York's Vaccine Equity Task Force chaired by Secretary of StateRossanaRosado, National Urban League President & CEO MarcMorial, andHealthfirstPresident & CEO Pat Wang. Since its establishment, the Task Force has continued work to ensure vulnerable and underserved communities are not left behind by breaking down the barriers to vaccination and ensuring there is equitable distribution of the vaccine across the state.

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Attacks on Asian Americans spike again amid pandemic

Asian Americans have been victims of increased violence and harassment since the coronavirus pandemic began, but recent attacks have prompted some to "hunker down" again.

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A new report released by Stop AAPI Hate revealed that since March 19, 2020, there have been 3,795 hate incidents targeting Asian Americans. That figure barely scratches the surface as most hate crimes go unreported. The rash of violence is becoming a daily event.

The most recent occurred March 16 in the Atlanta area where a white man is suspected of shooting and killing six Asian women.

On March 9, Nancy Toh, an 83-year-old grandmother, was assaulted by a man who spit in her face and then punched her in the nose in Westchester, New York.

The day before, a woman was charged with a crime for spitting at an Asian American man and yelling an ethnic slur at him as he dined outdoors in Silicon Valley.

On March 15, a white women in New York City verbally assaulted an Asian American couple yelling from a cab, "Go back to [expletive] communist China you [expletive]."

I remember being made fun of when I was a kid in elementary school for looking different. For the shape and slant of my eyes. I remember the taunts, the "ching" and "chong" refrains. It affected me so that for so many years after, I effectively rejected my South Korean heritage. It was something I felt ashamed about. Something I hid from. Something I wanted nothing to do with it. Something that confused me.

What I didn't know then which I do now was that those taunts to make me feel inferior because of my physical appearance were acts of hate and they were learned behaviors the kids picked up from their parents. What kind of person teaches another that it's OK to attack someone in this way?

I never imagined back then that such hate would be so openly triggered by the leader of a political party, but that's where we are today.

In 1854, the California Supreme Court ruled that testimony from Chinese Americans was inadmissible because they "were a race of people whom nature has marked as inferior, and who are incapable of progress or intellectual development beyond a certain point."

More: COVID fallout: Biden wants to stop, not stoke, racism against Asian Americans like me

That kind of thinking seems to be alive and well today, egged on by the Republican Party. Last September, 164 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against a resolution authored by Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., to condemn racism against Asian Americans. It was a sobering reminder of how mainstream bigotry against the Asian American Pacific Islander community has become in the Republican Party. Meng reintroduced the resolution in late February.

Recently, former President Donald Trump issued a statement where he once again used the phrase "China virus," which has inflamed hatred toward Asian Americans since the pandemic began. In their effort to find a scapegoat for the coronavirus, Republicans effectively put a bull's-eye on the backs of our community. The result is this torrent of violence.

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If you look like me, you've almost certainly been told to "go back to China" by a white person at some point in your life. I think I've been told that so many times throughout my life that on some level I've become numb to it. But the more I think about that, the angrier I get. What does it say about this country that in the year 2021 a person can become so conditioned to outward displays of racism that he stops reacting to it?

Not anymore.

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No more suffering in silence. No more waiting our turn. We're speaking out. We're mobilizing. No matter who you are, where you're from, we need you to be part of the #StopAsianHate movement. As the Rev. Al Sharpton put it the other day, "You can't stop hate against anyone unless you fight hate against everyone."

Kurt Bardella, a Korean American, is a contributing writer to Los Angeles Times Opinion, amember of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors and aformer Republican. He was spokesperson and senior adviser for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2009 to 2013.

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CPC joined community and city leaders theweekof March 16th to condemn the rise in anti-Asian hate and violenceand to mourn the loss of 8 lives during a mass shooting inAtlanta.

CPC leadership and staff attended press conferences and a vigil hosted by Asian American Federation on Friday, March 19th.President and CEO Wayne Ho spoke with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and other leaders to denounce hate. See coverage of that press event on CBS here,fromPix11 here, and in Brooklyn Paper here.

Unfortunately, in the last year, I have had staff who have been spat on, who have been beat up, had things thrown at them, had racial slurs told to them, said Wayne Ho.

If weve learned anything in the last year as were marching for Black lives, the police is not only the answer. We need to have restorative justice, we dont need incarceration at this time. What we need right now are resources from the state and from the city. Asian Americans make up 15% of New York City, 10% of New York State but we get less than 1% of New York City social service contract dollars.

Also on Friday, Mitch Wu, CPC Director of Queens Community Services, spoke at thepress conference organized by the Flushing Chinese Business Association with the NYPD 109th Precinct to condemn anti-Asian violence. State Senator John Liu, Council Member Peter Koo, and community leaders also spoke at the press conference. Thank you to Peter Tu for organizing this event. Wayne also joined Borough President Eric Adams on Sunday, March 21st at a press conference. See a video of the Brooklyn press conference here (starting at 36:00).

Earlier in the week, Wayne joined mayoral candidates and community leaders at a press conference hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network. See video of the press conferenceon Twitter here.

CPC commits to #StopAsianHate and advocates for more resources and support for our communities, including Asian lead and Asian-serving providers. Follow our actions as they happen on Twitter and Instagram, and by subscribing to our emails here.

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Mr. Yang was not, however, the first contender to condemn the Georgia shootings, tweeting late that night instead about a St. Patricks Day scarf, in a move that struck some observers as tone deaf. (He later said that he had not seen the news on Tuesday. He issued a series of tweets about Atlanta on Wednesday morning, before making public remarks.)

On Thursday, Mr. Yangs voice appeared to waver with emotion as he spoke at an event convened by the Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader. Speaking in starkly personal terms, Mr. Yang discussed the importance of seeing that Asian-Americans are human beings, Asian-Americans are just as American as anyone else.

Im glad that hes leaning in, said Representative Grace Meng, the only Asian-American member of New Yorks congressional delegation. I felt like he was getting a little emotional. And I think that the Asian-American community likes to see more of that.

Jo-Ann Yoo, the executive director of New Yorks Asian American Federation, said there were signs that Mr. Yang was connecting in particular with younger Asian-American voters.

Theyve said, well, nobody has invited us, drawn us into politics, we dont see ourselves reflected in any of these spaces, she said. If those are the reasons Asian-American young people are not engaging, I think Yangs done a pretty good job of leading the conversations and drawing young people in.

But, she added, Other non-Asian candidates should not assume that Asians only vote for Asians.

Interviews with around a dozen community leaders, elected officials and voters suggest that the candidates who are best-known to Asian-American New Yorkers include Mr. Yang, a son of Taiwanese immigrants, and two veteran city officials: Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, and Scott M. Stringer, the city comptroller.

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LONG ISLAND, NY With millions of New Yorkers now vaccinated against the coronavirus and an influx of doses available, New Yorkers 50 and older can receive the vaccine starting Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.

Up until Monday, only New Yorkers 60 and older could be vaccinated.

While the vaccine supply hasn't increased enough yet to vaccinate all of those 50 and older in the state, Cuomo said he wants people to start making appointments so they are ready when more doses arrive.

Cuomo, speaking from the Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, announced a new vaccination center at the facility and said to date, 7 million New Yorkers have received a vaccine.

He announced the "Roll Up Your Sleeve" campaign, a partnership with faith-based facilities to vaccinate people at houses of worship. Rev. Al Sharpton joined Cuomo in announcing the campaign.

"We are fighting for our very lives," Sharpton said. "All we ask you is to come to a house of faith and roll up your sleeves and do it for your loved ones."

The leaders stressed the importance of Black and Hispanic communities getting the vaccine. Black people are twice as likely to die of the coronavirus and Hispanic people are 1.5 times as likely to die, officials have said.

On Sunday, New Yorkers with underlying health conditions became eligible to receive the vaccine.

"New Yorkers with comorbidities are among our state's most at-risk residents, and access to the COVID-19 vaccine protects this vulnerable population as we work to defeat the virus and establish the new normal," Cuomo said. "As New York receives more doses and more people receive the vaccine, we're able to expand the population pharmacies can serve, and this is a common-sense step forward that will help make it easier to protect New Yorkers."

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