NYS to open pop-up COVID-19 vaccine sites in areas with lower vaccination rates – WKBW-TV

NEW YORK (WKBW) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday the state will open 11 pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites in areas where data shows the vaccination rate is significantly lower than the statewide average.

NEW YORK CITYProspect Plaza Community Center1835 Sterling PlaceBrooklyn, NYOpen: Saturday, June 12

Challenge Charter Middle School12-79 Redfern AvenueFar Rockaway, NYOpen: Saturday, June 12

SAGE Crotona Senior Center1794 Prospect AvenueBronx, NYOpen: Thursday, June 10

CAPITAL REGIONCoeyman's Hollow Volunteer Fire House, 1290 NY-143Coeyman's Hollow, NYOpen: Thursday, June 10

SOUTHERN TIERWindsor Fire Department4 Academy StreetWindsor, NYOpen: Saturday, June 12

FINGER LAKESGreater Harvest Baptist Church12 Driving Park AvenueRochester, NYOpen: Friday, June 11

CENTRAL NEW YORKAssumption Church812 N Salina StreetSyracuse, NYOpen: Wednesday, June 9

WESTERN NEW YORKNorthwest Community Center155 Lawn AvenueBuffalo, NYOpen: Friday, June 11

LONG ISLANDSmith Point County Park1 William Floyd ParkwayShirley, NYOpen: Friday, June 11

Roosevelt Library27 West Fulton AvenueRoosevelt, NYOpen: Thursday, June 10

MID-HUDSONMartin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center110 Bethune BlvdSpring Valley, NYOpen: Saturday, June 12

The state says it will expand the program and open additional sites in the coming weeks.

The governor also announced Monday most remaining COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted when New York's vaccination rate reaches 70%. You can find more information here.

"Our progress on vaccinations has been instrumental in making it possible to reopen our economy and lift many of the restrictions, but the vaccination rate has slowed dramatically and we need to focus on the places that have low vaccination rates," Governor Cuomo said. "Pop-up sites have been critical in helping us reach more New Yorkers with the vaccine, and with these 11 new sites we are redeploying our resources and working with local health departments across the state to target the areas that continue to lag on vaccinations. The vaccine is safe and effective -- and if we want to defeat this virus, we need to get more New Yorkers vaccinated as quickly as possible."

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