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The governor estimates that hundreds of hospitals workers have been laid off or suspended for refusing the vaccine.

"These folks here get an ultimatum and a pink slip, and a kick in the butt and sent out the door. It’s wrong.”

Dr. Bassett was previously the commissioner of health for NYC, but left to lead Harvard’s François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights.

“I’ve spent my entire career, most of my life, pushing and advocating and fighting on behalf of the people and against injustice and inertia.”

"If the auction proceeded, the opportunity to preserve the land for conservation and public access could have been lost forever."

Later, speaking to reporters, the governor said she wanted to intensify the focus on reviving downtown areas in struggling cities.

“It does not have to happen, my friends, it does not have to happen. What is looming for Monday is completely avoidable and there are no excuses.”

"This is a major, major initiative to deliver clean, healthier air and more electricity to New York City.”

“You’re not going to restore the trust of the people of New York if you keep playing the same games over and over.”

“I guarantee I did not know I was pregnant with my first child at six weeks. I actually went on a whitewater rafting trip."