City Council Members blasted the slow rollout of COVID vaccinations, the confusing process to schedule appointments and the lack of vaccination sites in hard-hit neighborhoods during a sometimes-contentious hearing Jan. 12.
Mayor de Blasio set a target of administering 1 million vaccinations by the end of the month, and said he hoped that 400,000 doses would be administered each week. As of Jan. 12, a total of 239,324 doses had been injected. About 2 million city residents were under phases 1a and 1b, the groups eligible so far to receive the vaccine.
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