. >> reporter: the neighborhood with the lowest vaccination in new york city is far rockaway.lf the population of this zip code is black and about a quarter is hispanic. but just about 35% are fully vaccinated. >> if you don't have covid, why take the shot? >> to prevent you from dying. >> reporter: citywide, just 28% of black new yorkers between the ages of 18 and 44 are fully vaccinated. >> you're worried about the vaccine itself? >> right, because it's going to kill people off. >> the vaccine? >> yeah. >> reporter: the stakes are high. far rockaway is one of the areas hardest hit by the pandemic. 1 out of every 7 people here has been diagnosed with the virus. >> no, i'm not actually. >> reporter: sean mohammed hasn't gotten the shot because he says he doesn't know how it would impact his crohn's disease. >> you're not that worried about getting covid even with the delta and all that? >> of course i am. any second i could get delta and be in the hospital, but there's no information online. i'd rather get information online than have a doctor talk to me. >> reporter: for some

far rockaway is one of the hardest hit. 1 out of 7 people here has been diagnosed with the virus. >>ually. >> reporter: sean muhammad hasn't gotten the shot, because he said he doesn't know how it will impact his crone's disease. you're not worried with delta or that? >> yeah, because any second i could be in the hospital, but there's no information online than have a doctor talk to me. >> reporter: for some it's financial. >> i'm a home health aide. >> reporter: she's worried about getting sick from the shot and missing work. >> i don't want take the vaccine and go back to work immediately because if i take sick day, my client have no way to get aid. >> reporter: reverend mullens will let his church be used as a vaccination site, but won't get the shot himself. >> i believe in people boosting their immune system. >> reporter: can i ask you what's your hesitance of taking it? >> i'm scare offend being chipped. >> scare offend being what? >> ip whiched. >> reporter: fighting lies, misinformation is key. >> it's extremely challenging fighting the misinformation. we're fighting facebook

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if you live in far rockaway, 2/3s of the rest didn'ts can't go into their local pizzeria and get a slice. so all the mayor was boston was doing is looking at publicly available vaccination rates and realize these will affect differently based on a person's race, creed and neighborhood. >> tucker: they have ended the best high schools in america, public husbands in virginia and new york city because the admission standards that are color blind had a desperate impact on different groups. so how can they allow a law that prevents african americans and hispanics from eating? >> there's no way. that's why we're filing a lawsuit, speaking about it. most of elected officials in staten island are part of it. you can't have two classes of people. unfortunately we know the restaurants are the ones that pay the price and can be responsible the entire time. it's not fair to punish the same industry that our own test and trace corps that says they account for 1.4 transmissions in the state. there's so much wrong about this but so much wrong about many of the things that de blasio is doing. >> tucker:

first outbreak, i was in rockaway today where you have less than 40% vaccination rate.e communities in the crevices. credible messages, reinstitute, i believe, the census teams, allow them to go into those communities that often are ignored. and it's so important for us to get on the ground. there is incentive, the $100 program that the city is going to put in place for small businesses and those who do referrals. and just thinking differently about ensuring that those who can attend restaurants, outdoor concerts, and other activities unless they're vaccinated, all these things are going to be needed to get a higher number of new yorkers vaccinated. we're looking for 100%. >> well, you look for 100%. as you just mentioned, you need proof you've been vaccinated to go into a restaurant, gym. that's put in place by the current president, mr. de blasio. is he in consultation with you or is it too early? are you on board if eric adams becomes mayor or are there things you would change right away? >> i speak with the mayor from time to time. he is making decisions. he is the

what happened in long island, we know what happened in the low-lying areas in queens and in the rockaways. we've seen this movie. we don't need to see it again. please, act responsibly. thank you very much. >> all right, everybody. new york governor andrew cuomo there doing a press conference about the incoming hurricane henri, and advising new yorkers up and around the state to take this very seriously, making the equivalency to what we all experienced with hurricane sandy a number of years ago. notably, we did stay with the q&a afterwards, as you heard the governor taking questions about where he is right now in his career, how he will handle the transition, so it got very political. of course you all are aware that he's leaving the state and his service as the governor of the state under a cloud of accusations and investigations. but nonetheless, we're going to keep a very close eye on hurricane henri and at the top of the hour we'll have our nbc meteorologist joining us right after they get the update from the national hurricane center on the latest tracking for the hurricane. >>> let

we have-born on long island and i survived hurricane donna as did my mom in 1960 when the rockaways andder water. >> reporter: yeah. thank you, harvey. >> okay. sure. >> reporter: alex, as you can see, still people out here trying to enjoy their saturday, but the storm system is going to be coming in pretty fast. >> indeed. a hearty new yorker with whom you spoke right there. thank you, vanessa. >>> the situation in haiti gets worse. we will talk about a report that says the destruction is everywhere and the help nowhere. were delayed when the new kid totaled his truck. timber... fortunately, they were covered by progressive, so it was a happy ending... for almost everyone. [sfx: psst psst] so it was a happy ending... allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! all good [sizzling] i may not be able to tell time, but i know what time it is. [whispering] it's grilled cheese o'clock. but i know what time it is. did you know prilosec otc can stop frequent heartburn before it begins? prilosec otc uses a

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