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 ...
Times Union

Excelsior Pass to be shut down after use plummets, costs soar

Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, is joined by Health Commissioner Dr. Marry T. Bassett for a March 2022 COVID briefing at the David Axelrod Institute in Albany. Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a COVID-19 briefing ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Auburn Citizen

New York will shut down its COVID-era Excelsior Pass vaccination 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 ...
CBS 6

Good riddance: NYS to decommission COVID-era 'Excelsior Pass' app

Sentencing for the Rensselaer County man who admitted to killing his wife, father, and step-grandmother has been pushed back to next month. Winter storm delivers snow day fun for many in Capital ...
syracuse.com

NY shutting down Excelsior Pass; Covid app cost state more than $64M

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...
syracuse.com

NY Excelsior Pass costs ballooned to $64 million and keep rising

Albany, N.Y. — They called it the Excelsior Pass. The first-in-the-nation app would provide a “secure and streamlined” way for people to attend live events and restaurants without digging out their ...
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 ...