NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Cuomo received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine during a closed press event at a pop-up vaccination site in Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem on Wednesday morning.
The 63-year-old governor earlier this week said that he would get the vaccine at a pop-up center in a Black community to promote trust in the safety and efficacy of the J&J shot and other COVID-19 vaccines.
"I want to make the point, take whatever vaccine you can take, they all work, they are all safe, don't try to pick one over the other, take whatever vaccine you can get," Cuomo said before receiving the shot Wednesday.
This week, New York expanded vaccine eligibility to individuals 60 and older, as well as public facing essential workers.
New Yorkers can now book appointments at 10 new state-run mass vaccination sites in New York City, Long Island, Hudson Valley, Capital Region, Southern Tier, Mohawk Valley and Western New York.
All of the sites will open Friday morning and be open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Each site will have the ability to vaccinate more than one thousand New Yorkers daily dependent on supply from the federal government.
"We have a wide network of COVID vaccination sites and the state is moving full steam ahead opening even more," Cuomo said. "New York needs to be ready for the next increase in supply, and these sites located throughout the state will help bring residents and their families peace of mind and get us a step closer to defeating the COVID-19 pandemic and restoring a sense of normalcy. This has been an incredibly difficult year and we have more work to do, but the state is making progress vaccinating New Yorkers and reopening our economy."
Eligible New Yorkers can schedule appointments on New York's 'Am I Eligible' website or by calling the state's COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline at 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829).
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