New York Governor Kathy Hochul — standing behind a podium on Brooklyn’s ornate new alternate court — announced a new vaccine initiative that will once again put the Nets and their owners, Joe and Clara Wu Tsai, in the forefront of the state’s campaign against COVID-19.
Hochul, who thanked the organization for its continuing support of the state’s COVID response, added that she thought the Nets did the right thing in telling Kyrie Irving to stay home ... but did not tie the day’s events to Irving’s situation.
With a number of school children, who will be the next group to be vaccinated, looking on, Hochul announced that New Yorkers jabbed at the Nets vaccination center across Flatbush Avenue in the former Modell’s store would receive two tickets to Nets games or other Barclays Center events, such as concerts or New York Liberty games.