00:00I tell you today, if the Trump administration does not change this plan and does not provide an equitable vaccine
00:10process, we will enforce our legal rights, we will bring legal action to protect New Yorkers.
00:17There can be no more fundamental right in this moment than access to the vaccine. Any plan that intentionally burdens
00:26communities of color to hinder access to the vaccine deprives those communities of equal protection under the law and equal
00:36protection is enshrined in the Constitution of these United States.
00:41I'm not going to allow New Yorkers to be bullied or to be abused. I'm not going to allow the
00:49injustice to continue.
00:50The truth is, COVID killed black people in this country at twice the rate of white people.
01:02The truth is, COVID killed Hispanic people at one and a half times the rate of white people.
01:11The Reverend Dr. King, who spoke in this magnificent church, said of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health
01:19is the most shocking and the most inhumane because it often results in physical death.
01:26COVID proved Dr. King right.
01:30We need to make special efforts for the vaccine to reach the underserved black, brown and poor communities.
01:36The private market alone will not do it.
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