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Good Question: No booster info on Excelsior Pass

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — We keep getting good questions about the Excelsior Pass. Here’s the thing – the pass is a nice option to have to go somewhere and to keep track of your COVID shots. However, ...
abc7NY

New York discontinuing 'Excelsior Pass' COVID vaccine phone app

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York State is discontinuing the 'Excelsior Pass' COVID vaccine phone app. The program allowed users to easily show proof of their vaccine status and test results. The state ...
City & State New York

Excelsior Pass is another vestige of New York’s COVID-19 era to come to an end

New Yorkers will soon have to bid adieu to one of the last remaining vestiges of the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response regulations – the Excelsior Pass Plus app. Once used as a digital record of a ...
Yahoo

When will Excelsior Pass end? Here is NY plan to shut down COVID vaccination app

New York is pulling the plug on the app used to prove COVID-19 vaccination and test results, as health officials are poised to shift focus to rolling out booster shots this fall. On July 28, the COVID ...
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Good Question: Boosters and Excelsior Pass

ROCHESTER N.Y. (WHEC) — Here’s a good question about the Excelsior Pass. I’ll start out by saying that there are a lot of people who don’t see the need for these passes anymore. The passes are for ...
New York Post

NY’s $64M COVID app disgracefully padded consultant pockets with tax dollars

After pouring a shocking $64 million into the project, New York is quietly shutting down its Excelsior Pass app due to lack of use. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett Millions of New Yorkers recently ...
Newsday

New York State discontinuing Excelsior Pass Plus, the COVID-19 vaccination passport

ALBANY – New York’s Excelsior Pass Plus, the digital COVID-19 passport that displayed vaccination status on your phone and later became a target of critics for its ballooning cost, is going away. The ...
Times Union

Nearly 80,000 of the original COVID-19 Excelsior passes are set to expire

ALBANY — Nearly 80,000 of the state’s original COVID-19 Excelsior passes are set to expire on June 30 for e-certificates received after March 1, prompting the state Department of Health to encourage ...
Washington Times

New York to shut down its $64 million COVID vaccine app

NEW YORK — A $64 million mobile app used by New Yorkers during the pandemic to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will be shut down in the coming weeks, according to state officials ...
WTEN

Excelsior Pass App to be discontinued

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—- The Excelsior Pass App introduced during the pandemic will soon be discontinued. The app keeps a digital record of your COVID vaccination and was used at venues such as the ...
Times Union

Excelsior Pass costs ballooned to $64 million and keep rising

Gov. Kathy Hochul holds a COVID-19 briefing in October 2021. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pitched the Excelsior Pass app in March 2021 as a key to reopening New York's economy amid the pandemic. Nine months ...