➔ News from Assemblyman Colin Schmitt: 2021-01-18T23:38:28+0000
ASSEMBLYMAN COLIN SCHMITT CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE REVERSAL OF FAILED VACCINE DISTRIBUTION BACK TO COUNTY SYSTEM
Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt (R,C,I,LBT,SAM-New Windsor) today called for the Governor to suspend his failed system of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and revert back immediately to the proven system of distributing through county health departments.
Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt stated, “The Governor’s self-created system for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine has failed. It has left the public with confusion and concern and without shots in arms. It is time for the Governor to suspend this poorly planned and executed process and immediately revert back the proven system of distributing through county health departments, who are trained for this exact purpose. It is time to rely on the county-based system which has been planned for and trained on for years.”
Assemblyman Schmitt, who serves as Ranking Member of the Local Governments Committee also joined today with Health Committee Ranking Member Kevin Byrne to request joint Assembly oversight hearings between the Local Governments Committee and Health Committee.
Schmitt stated, “We have an obligation to immediately convene Assembly oversight hearings to get to the bottom of what is happening here and help reverse course. We need shots in arms and we need systems in place that accomplishes that. Right now, concern, confusion, and uncertainty has gripped thousands of New Yorkers who are seeking to get shots but simply cannot.”
Rockland County Executive Ed Day stated, “Trying to manage a war from a bunker in Albany is either the height of illogic or arrogance and possibly both. In this battle to vanquish COVID-19, you must rely on your field generals and trained troops to be effective and the results of failing to do is now starkly obvious as we have seen in the bungled State rollout. We again implore Albany to get the vaccines to the experts- our county Health Departments and give them the tools and latitude to get the job done”
Colin Schmitt is committed to public service. Colin is a member of the U.S. Army National Guard and Assemblyman for the 99th NYS Assembly District which includes the Town of Stony Point in Rockland County and The Towns of Wawayanda, Goshen, Hamptonburgh, Chester, Blooming Grove, New Windsor, Cornwall, Highlands, and Woodbury in Orange County. Colin lives in the Town of New Windsor with his wife Nikki and their beloved adopted Catahoula Quincy!
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ASSEMBLYMAN COLIN SCHMITT CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE REVERSAL OF FAILED VACCINE DISTRIBUTION BACK TO COUNTY SYSTEMAssemblyman…
Posted by Colin Schmitt on Monday, January 18, 2021