Governor Cuomo is looking to buy more COVID-19 vaccines directly from the companies producing them.
Cuomo said he has sent a letter to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, asking to purchase doses without having to go through the federal government. He said that at the rate the state is vaccinating the 7 million people that are currently eligible, it could take 6 months to fully vaccinate that group alone. Cuomo also sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, calling the federal rollout of the vaccines "incompetant".