News Desk: People 60 years of age and older will now be eligible to start receiving the COVID-19 vaccine starting Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday morning.
Appointments across the state will open at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Public-facing government and public employees, not-for-profit workers who provide public-facing services to New Yorkers in need and essential in-person public-facing building service workers will be eligible to receive the COVID vaccine beginning March 17. This includes public works employees, social service and child service caseworkers, government inspectors, sanitation workers, DMV workers, County Clerks, building service workers and election workers
The state will also be expanding who will be allowed to administer the vaccine. Starting March 17, any vaccination site except pharmacies will be allowed to vaccinate any eligible person in New York.
Pharmacies will be limited to only administering the vaccine to people 60 and older as well as teachers.
Cuomo made the announcement at the New York State Fairgrounds, which is now the second largest state-run vaccination site in the country. Over the past 24 hours, the site has administered 9,500 vaccinations, second only to the Javits Center in New York City.
