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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW YORK — New York City could administer 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses a week if it had enough supply, but instead has been forced to put off opening mass vaccination sites as it waits for vaccine production to speed up, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.
"We have megasites like Citi Field and Yankee Stadium ready to go," the Democratic mayor said at his daily coronavirus briefing. "We want to get those to be full-blown, 24-hour operations but we don't have the vaccine."
City officials had set a goal of 300,000 vaccine doses last week but were only able to give 200,000 shots because of a lack of supply, de Blasio said as he urged President Joe Biden's administration to use the Defense Production Act to spur vaccine production.
"Here you have New York City ready to vaccinate at the rate of a half million New Yorkers a week but we don't have the vaccine to go with it," de Blasio said. "A lot of other places in the country are ready to do so much more. We need our federal government to lead the way."
De Blasio said it will be "a game changer" if U.S. officials approve the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use because that vaccine requires just one dose, unlike the two vaccines that have been approved in the United States. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines each require two doses, several weeks apart, for optimal effectiveness.
De Blasio said the city had 19,000 doses designated as first doses on hand as of Monday and expected to receive 107,000 more in the next few days — not nearly enough to supply all of the city's planned vaccination sites.
He said 628,831 doses have been administered in the city since the beginning of the vaccination effort last month.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
TORONTO (AP) — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago.
INSTABUL - Olympiacos FC outlasted Fenerbahçe in Istanbul to qualify for the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League tournament, pulling away 3-2 in a penalty shootout (3-3 aggregate score).
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Greek-American Maria Passalaris, 25, was tragically killed in a car accident on April 12 on Highway 1 near Princeton, NJ.
NEW YORK — A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings closer to opening statements and the start of weeks of dramatic testimony.
NEW YORK – Fans of the Greek drama series Maestro in Blue, created by and starring Christopher Papakaliatis, will only have to wait until May 16 for the second season to launch on Netflix and Greek broadcaster Mega TV, Deadline reported.