ALBANY – The pandemic may be officially over but New York is still paying an eye-raising fee of $200,000 per month to maintain a state vaccine passport that nobody uses. The Excelsior App was supposed ...

ALBANY — The popular state app for cellphones used for proving vaccination status for more than 8 million New Yorkers is presenting problems for a small number of people trying to update their status ...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday the city will soon require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 for many indoor activities, such as dining, exercising in gyms and attending ...

The Excelsior App was always a solution in search of a problem — and a costly solution even at its original $2.5 million price tag. Anyone who got a COVID-19 vaccination received a card they could ...

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 ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - Looking to attend concerts or sporting events at large venues? You might need proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test within three days of the event, which is ...

If Ben Franklin were alive in the computer era, he’d’ve said: “Nothing can be certain, except death and taxes — and the inability of any government to run an IT project on budget and well.” Long after ...

New Yorkers will have a new, digital option for proving they're vaccinated against COVID-19. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office says a new app, Excelsior Pass Plus, will be released. They say it works like ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Governor Kathy Hochul announced New York State’s Excelsior Pass Scanner app has been updated to enable the validation of SMART Health Cards from trusted issuers outside of New ...