Gov. Hochul Friday signed an executive order ensuring continued access to COVID-19 vaccines in New York after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took steps to limit availability of the shots.

The governor’s measure declares a health emergency and authorizes pharmacists to continue providing the vaccines to anyone who wants them at their local drug stores in the Empire State.

“In the absence of federal leadership, we must do everything we can to ensure that New Yorkers have access to the vaccines and preventative healthcare they have come to rely on,” Hochul said in a statement.

Hochul’s order permits New York pharmacists and doctors to prescribe the new version of the COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming season to anyone over three years old, even if they don’t have any underlyin

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