600+ Vaccines Distributed At Peconic Landing

GREENPORT, NY — More than 600 coronavirus vaccinations will be distributed at Peconic Landing in Greenport on Thursday.

Appointments are necessary to receive a vaccination.

Stony Brook Medicine has partnered with the Peconic Landing retirement community to bolster East End vaccination efforts. The vaccines will be administered during the point of distribution event to Peconic Landing residents as well as members of the surrounding community from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Supply has been the greatest challenge in the vaccination rollout, with 7.1 million eligible and only 300,000 doses arriving each week in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The governor's office helped to connect the doses with the provider and residents.

“Our priority since day one has been vaccinating New Yorkers who are at higher risk, especially seniors and those living in congregate settings," Cuomo said in a statement to Patch. "When we heard that Peconic Landing was having trouble getting shots for some of their residents, we started working with Stony Brook on a solution — and I’m proud that this partnership will protect hundreds of seniors on the East End from COVID.”

Currently, individuals 65 and older, doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, first responders, teachers, public transit workers, grocery store workers, and public safety workers — as well as taxi drivers, restaurant workers, and members of the developmentally disabled community, in municipalities that decide to include those three new groups — are now eligible.

"The vaccination POD is the latest in Stony Brook Medicine’s efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the elderly population on Long Island," organizers said.

Rep. Lee Zeldin called upon Cuomo this week to open vaccination sites on the East End, where currently, residents have had to drive for miles to receive a dosage.

On Wednesday, Cuomo announced that a pop-up vaccination site would be opening in Hampton Bays, one of 35 created in underserved communities statewide.

Peconic Landing, like many nursing and congregate facilities statewide, has seen cases of the coronavirus, and losses, during the pandemic.

Peconic Landing is located at 1500 Brecknock Road in Greenport.