Educator Vaccinations Are On The Rise in New York City

March 19, 2021 - Bronx, NY -A state-run mass vaccination site opens at the Bay Eden Senior Center in the Bronx.

A few weeks ago, Mayor de Blasio said 40-thousand public school employees had been vaccinated. Now, he says that recorded figure has grown to 65,000. According to city stats, about half of teachers, administrators and counselors have been vaccinated, and about a third of other employees like food workers and aides. But officials say the actual number could be considerably higher -- because they haven't tracked people who got vaccinated outside the city, and many school staffers live in the suburbs.