State-run vaccination sites in New York will allow people age 60 and over to simply walk-in to score a COVID-19 shot with no appointment starting Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday.
State-run sites in the five boroughs include the Javits Center in Manhattan and Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.
“You can just walk in to any of the mass vaccination sites across this state and walk in and they will give you the vaccine,” Cuomo said at a news conference in Yonkers.
“You don’t have to go on the internet. You don’t have to make a phone call. You don’t have to do anything,” he continued. “Just show up at the vaccination site if you’re 60 plus and they will give you the vaccine.”
New Yorkers — especially seniors — have long decried how difficult it is to sign up form appointments on the city and state’s various online systems.
Cuomo’s decision comes two weeks after Big Apple officials first started allowing older New Yorkers to walk in for jabs at some city-run hubs. The city program now allows those 50 or older to walk in for appointments at more than 30 sites across the five boroughs.
Additionally, walk-ups have been offered at two sites jointly run by the feds and the state since late February.
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