SUNY Ulster Mass Vaccination Site Being Shut Down

STONE RIDGE, NY — The mass vaccination site in Ulster County is one of three sites that will cease operations in the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the sites at SUNY Ulster, Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood and the Javits Center in New York City will be shut down effective Friday.

The ceasing of operations, Cuomo said, is part of the ongoing downscaling that will allow the state to focus on localized vaccination efforts.

"We have achieved great progress in beating back the virus and getting enough New Yorkers vaccinated in order to begin getting back to life as we know it," he said, "and our mass vaccination sites were key in helping us get here."

The Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz was one of the state's mass vaccination sites. It was transitioned to a mobile vaccination trailer at the SUNY Ulster campus in early June.

State health officials said New Yorkers are encouraged to continue using the Am I Eligible website to make appointments and check on the availability of vaccines at other state-run vaccination sites.

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