Jersey City Mobile Vaccine Unit To Honor Late Councilman Yun

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Hudson County is combining its effort to vaccinate the county with honoring the late Jersey City Heights Councilman Michael Yun.

Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, the Hudson Regional Health Commission and the county’s Vaccine Task Force will be hosting a mobile vaccination clinic on Saturday morning with late Councilman Michael Yun’s wife, Jennifer Yun, outside his former headquarters in the Jersey City Heights. Councilman Yun, a longtime civic and business leader in the Jersey City Heights, died of COVID-19 in April 2020.

“For decades, Councilman Yun served the Heights community with respect and dignity,” said Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise. “We are honored to have the opportunity to join his wife, Jennifer, in front of the storefront they built together to achieve the American Dream in an effort to get people vaccinated in the neighborhood he was proud to call home.”

The clinic will be hosted at the corner of Central Avenue and Bowers Street, in front of Councilman Yun’s former storefront and Civic Association headquarters, from 9 a.m. to noon. Media interested in attending should arrive at 9 a.m. when Jennifer Yun will be in attendance.

“Michael was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and devoted public servant,” said Jennifer Yun. “He had a passion to serve those around him that compared to no other and if he were here today, Michael would be on the frontlines helping his neighbors get their COVID-19 vaccine. Our family thanks everyone for keeping Michael’s spirit alive and putting this event together in his name.”

Following the event in Jersey City, the Vaccine Task Force will open a clinic in West Hudson Park in Kearny and Harrison. The team will set up near the pond from 1 to 3 p.m.

“Councilman Yun was a tireless advocate for the people of Jersey City who touched the lives of anyone who was fortunate to know him,” said Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop. “Throughout this pandemic, Councilman Yun would have continued to go above and beyond for the Heights community and would have loved nothing more than for his store to be used as a resource to keep his neighborhood safe and healthy.”

The mobile unit currently has clinics scheduled at the corner of 32nd Street and Bergenline Avenue in Union City on the following dates and times:

• July 9 from 2 to 4 p.m.
• July 15, from 12:30 to 5 p.m.
• July 29, from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

Anyone who lives, works or studies in Hudson County is also eligible to be vaccinated at the USS Juneau Center in Kearny. Appointments are not required, but can be scheduled online by visiting hudsoncovidvax.org.