2 Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Open On Long Island: Cuomo

LONG ISLAND, NY — A total of 35 new community-based pop-up vaccination sites were unveiled in underserved communities this week, providing first doses to more than 25,000 New Yorkers — and two are on Long Island.

The two sites are located in Hampton Bays and in Westbury, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The Hampton Bays site, located at St. Rosalie's Church at 31 E. Montauk Highway, is presented in partnership with Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and opened on Wednesday, with hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Westbury site is located at the Long Island Islamic Center, located at 835 Brush Hollow Road, and is presented in partnership with Northwell Health. The location opened Wednesday with hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The 35 community-based pop-up vaccination sites are located at churches, community centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers, and additional spots will come online every week. These sites are expected to vaccinate over 25,000 people throughout the week, with more sites coming online every week, Cuomo said.

Each site receives vaccination kits; since the first kits were sent out, almost 9,000 people have gotten their first dose.

The kits contain step-by-step instructions describing how to set up a site, as well as supplies including vials, syringes, personal protective equipment, office supplies, workstation and communication equipment, cleaning supplies, crowd and traffic control equipment, and room divider.

As the federal vaccine supply increases, New York will continue to send out kits until pop-up sites have been established at all 33 NYCHA Senior Housing Developments, where more than 7,600 seniors live, Cuomo said. Pop-up locations will also continue to be established at additional churches and cultural centers, where members have volunteered through Cuomo's vaccine equity task force.

"COVID brought the ugly truth of inequity and inequality in this country to a tipping point," Cuomo said. "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...The light at the end of the tunnel is bright and getting brighter with each new location and each shot administered."