NEW YORK (WBEN) -- New Yorkers ages 60 and up will be able to walk into the state's mass vaccination sites and get COVID-19 shots without appointments by the end of the week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.
State-run vaccination sites will start accepting walk-ins on Friday, April 23, Cuomo said at a press conference.
"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 said. "Just show up at the vaccination site if you're 60 plus, and they will give you a vaccine."
"Why 60 plus? Because the older you are, the more susceptible you are to harm from the virus," he explained.
"So for people over 60 years old — I'm one of them — really no excuses," he added. "Just show up, and that starts this Friday."
About 44% of New York state residents have received as least one vaccine dose since the immunization effort began.
