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De Blasio slams Cuomo\u2019s \u2018arrogance\u2019 amid criticism over vaccine fine threats<\/h1>\n
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By Nolan Hicks, Aaron Feis and Kenneth Garger
\nNEW YORK POST<\/p>\n

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday slammed Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s\u00a0plan to fine hospitals<\/a>\u00a0as a means of speeding up the state\u2019s\u00a0highly criticized slow vaccine rollout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just arrogance,\u201d de Blasio said in an interview with NY1\u2019s Errol Louis of Cuomo\u2019s claims that the monetary penalties could speed up the process.<\/p>\n

Hizzoner went on to defend the city\u2019s healthcare workers and told Cuomo to lay off the threats.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes he think that our healthcare professionals are uninterested in vaccinating people? How about trusting the people who have been our heroes?\u201d de Blasio said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHelp them, support them, don\u2019t fine them, don\u2019t threaten them, respect them and help them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cuomo earlier Monday deflected blame on the\u00a0state\u2019s sluggish inoculation effor<\/a>t \u2014 which has seen large quantities of the vaccine supply unused \u2014 to local leaders, including de Blasio.<\/p>\n

The governor also specifically argued the Big Apple\u2019s city-run Health and Hospitals system have not carried their weight.<\/p>\n

De Blasio said on Monday night that instead of issuing threats, the state should implement new rules to foster faster vaccine delivery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need rules that maximize the pace, that help us speed up and reach the people who are available, who are a priority and who are ready, willing and able, it\u2019s common sense,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, the state can help us here. \u00a0Stop threatening people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state Department of Health on Sunday sent a letter establishing a use-it-or-lose-it position, Cuomo said, requiring providers to use the supplies they\u2019ve thus far been allocated by week\u2019s end or face fines of up to $100,000.<\/p>\n

Moving forward, they must use all vaccines within seven days of receipt or face fines \u2014 and risk being cut off from future shipments of the vaccine.<\/p>\n

Public and private hospitals statewide have used only about 46 percent of the coronavirus vaccines they have been provided, according to stats Cuomo cited Monday.<\/p>\n

While the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System has led the way, with about 99 percent of its allotted shots administered, by contrast, the city\u2019s Health and Hospitals network has used just 31 percent.<\/p>\n

But De Blasio Monday night called Cuomo\u2019s analysis of the city-run hospitals \u201cblatantly inaccurate, arguing their vaccine supply was inflated since much of the inventory was merely a day old.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat he said about Health and Hospitals was just blatantly inaccurate. A lot of that delivery to Health and Hospitals came in in the last 24 hours, they weren\u2019t even in the position to turn around and use it. It\u2019d just got there,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n

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