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Why Is Otsego Ignored?

Oberacker Asks Zucker

ONEONTA – State Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, today grilled state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker on the shortage of vaccines in his district, including Otsego County, during a joint legislative public hearing on the governor’s budget proposal.

"The rural region I represent was forced to shut down – even when most counties had an extremely low number of cases – if any," said Oberacker, a member of the Senate Health Committee. "Now, with the vaccine being distributed, my district is completely forgotten.  What am I supposed to tell my constituents?”