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The Finger Lakes VA system administered nearly 1,000 J&J vaccines. That included pop-up clinics in Rochester for veterans at risk of homelessness.

"By and large, the veterans are coming through and saying this is much easier, a much simpler process and very well organized."

“I, too, have lost more friends due to post-traumatic stress than I have lost friends who have died overseas in combat."

"It's baffling that the Veterans Health Administration does not have a strategy in place to address the shortages of PPE in New York.”

“I would just encourage people to only contact the Veterans One-Stop if they are in (edit) in dire straits.”

She also spoke about the task of having to assist so many wounded individuals.

Under the so-called Purple Heart Flag Act, such an official standard would be created and, as part of federal facilities flag protocol, displayed on specific days.

"They (researchers) did some biopsies on their lungs, and what they found out was, the issues have to do with toxins in their lungs from those burn pits while they were deployed,”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo mostly avoided President Donald Trump, who also attended Monday's Veterans Day parade in New York City.

On this 100th anniversary of Veterans Day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he is introducing legislation to streamline the process for establishing New York's first State Veterans Cemetery.