Pop-up Vaccine Site To Open In Spring Valley

SPRING VALLEY, NY — One of New York State's community-based pop-up vaccination sites is coming online this week at the MLK Center in Spring Valley.

The sites, at churches, community centers, public housing complexes and cultural centers, are expected to vaccinate over 25,000 people throughout the week, with more sites coming online every week.

It's part of the community kit campaign started in January by the state's Vaccine Equity Task Force to serve poor communities where health care is less available.

"We are grateful to the Governor for sending additional vaccine here to Rockland County and specifically to one of the areas that has been hit extremely hard by COVID-19," County Executive Ed Day told Patch. "Our collective advocacy is working and I ask our residents to continue contacting the Governor’s Office to ask that more vaccine be sent here."

The establishment of many of these vaccination sites was made possible through partnerships with public and private health care providers.

Here's the list of sites in the Hudson Valley:

Grace Baptist Church
52 S. 6th Avenue
Mt. Vernon, NY
Open Thursday, February 4 and Friday, February 5 - By Appointment Only
Provider Partnership: Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center

Nodine Hill Community Center
140 Fillmore Street
Yonkers, NY
Open Thursday, February 4 - Saturday, February 6 - By Appointment Only
Provider Partnership: Sun River Health

Beulah Baptist Church
92 Catharine Street
Poughkeepsie, NY
Open Friday, February 5 - By Appointment Only
Provider Partnership: WMCHealth Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital

MLK Center
110 Bethune Boulevard
Spring Valley, NY
Open Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6 - By Appointment Only
Provider Partnership: Sun River Health

Newburgh Armory Unity Center
321 S. William Street
Newburgh, NY
Open Saturday, February 6 - By Appointment Only
Provider Partnership: Montefiore St. Luke's Hospital

Kiley Youth Center
709 Main Street
Peekskill, NY
Open Saturday, February 6 - By Appointment Only
Provider Partnership: New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital

As has been the case with previous pop-up sites, these sites will be re-established in three weeks to administer second doses, state officials said.

As the federal vaccine supply increases, New York plans to continue to create pop-up locations at public housing complexes and the more than 300 churches and cultural centers that have volunteered.

"COVID brought the ugly truth of inequity and inequality in this country to a tipping point," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in announcing the pop-up clinics. "COVID has killed Black and Latino New Yorkers at a higher rate and that is why these community-based sites are one of New York's vaccine priorities. More than 9,000 New Yorkers have been vaccinated through this effort and by making the vaccine accessible and delivered by trusted community partners, we can address the skepticism and bring this life-saving vaccine to those who need it most. The light at the end of the tunnel is bright and getting brighter with each new location and each shot administered."