Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Friday granting sweeping access to COVID vaccines across New York — in a political jab at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was grilled this week over federal immunization policy.

The move will “ensure that all eligible New Yorkers — including children, pregnant people, and healthy adults under 65 — can continue to receive COVID vaccinations at their local pharmacy without delay,” Hochul’s office said in a statement.

The Democratic governor framed the action as a fight against the “Trump Administration’s misguided attack on immunization and healthcare.” 3

“With the availability of COVID shots under imminent threat, the Governor today signed an Executive Order that will allow pharmacists to administer COVI

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