Beginning, March 17th, the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to additional employees who fit within the criteria established by New York State.

The following groups of workers are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine:

• Public-facing government and public employees
• Not-for-profit workers who provide public-facing services to New Yorkers in need
• Essential in-person public-facing building service workers

The following categories of workers have been eligible since, January 11th if they report to an in-person location and are unable to physically distance:

Teachers and Education workers

• Employees working in-person at schools, such as teachers, school food workers, school nurses, paraprofessionals, school speech therapists, school behavioral health
• providers, principals, assistant principals, custodial staff, and School Safety Agents.
• Childcare providers, including DOE school aides and ACS education support staff.

First responders

• NYPD employees, including Police Officers and Police Communication Technicians.
• FDNY employees, including Firefighters and Dispatchers.
• DOC employees, including Correction Officers o Parks enforcement employees such as Urban Park Rangers and Parks Enforcement Patrol.
• Child protective workers.
  
  

Public Safety Workers

• Criminal justice workers, including Correction Officers, ACS detention workers and Probation Officers
• Security personnel, including Special Officers and other peace officers.

Public transit workers

• NYPD Transit Bureau staff
• DOT Ferry workers.
  
  

Congregate Shelter staff

• DHS Shelter employees

Agencies will be contacting eligible employees at their agency to inform them of their eligibility.

The City has established five vaccination sites specifically for City employees. To sign up for an appointment at a City site in a convenient borough can click below:

• Bronx: 
X410 Taft High School Campus
2, 40 E 172nd St, The Bronx, NY 10457 
Hours of operation: Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 10 PM
• Brooklyn: 
George Wingate High School
, 600 Kingston Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203 
Hours of operation: Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 10 PM
• Manhattan: 
Louis D. Brandeis High School
, 145 W 84th St, New York, NY 10024 
Hours of operation: Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 10 PM
• Queens: John Adams High School, 
101-01 Rockaway Blvd, Queens, NY 11417
 Hours of operation: Monday-Sunday, 12 PM - 8 PM
• Staten Island: 
Susan E. Wagner High School
, 1200 Manor Rd, Staten Island, NY 10314 
Hours of operation: Monday-Sunday, 12 PM - 8 PM

Workers may also sign up here.

The City has implemented a Time and Leave Policy to ensure getting a COVID vaccine is as easy as possible, including up to 2 hours of excused leave to receive the vaccine, excused time off for side effects from the vaccine, and 3 hours of comp time upon receipt of both doses.

Individuals being vaccinated must bring proof of eligibility to the vaccination site. This could include an employee ID card, a letter from an employer, or a pay stub.