Phase 1a
Eligible individuals in phase 1a of the State's plan include:
- All high-risk, in-person healthcare workers
- EMS workers
- Federally Qualified Health Center employees
- Coroners, Medical Examiners, and certain funeral workers
- Staff and residents at nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care centers, and other congregate care facilities
- Staff and residents at OPWDD, OMH, and OASAS facilities ('O' agencies)
- Urgent Care providers
- Individuals administering COVID-19 vaccines, including local health department staffEligible individuals in phase 1a of the State's plan include:
- All high-risk, in-person healthcare workers
- EMS workers
- Federally Qualified Health Center employees
- Coroners, Medical Examiners, and certain funeral workers
- Staff and residents at nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care centers, and other congregate care facilities
- Staff and residents at OPWDD, OMH, and OASAS facilities ('O' agencies)
- Urgent Care providers
- Individuals administering COVID-19 vaccines, including local health department staff
See the full list on the State's website.
Phase 1b
Governor Cuomo announced that individuals in Phase 1b are eligible for vaccination:
- Teachers and education workers, including contractors and in-person college instructors
- First responders (police, fire, ambulance operators, and corrections officers)
- Public safety workers (dispatchers and emergency communications personnel)
- Public transit workers
- People age 65 and older
- Individuals living or working in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared with individuals and families who are not part of your household
- Public-facing grocery store workers
See the full list on the State's website.
Underlying Health Conditions and Co-Morbidities
New York State has announced adults of any age with the following conditions qualify for the vaccine.
- Cancer (current or in remission, including 9/11-related cancers)
- Chronic kidney disease
- Pulmonary Disease, including but not limited to, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma (moderate-to-severe), pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, and 9/11 related pulmonary diseases
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities including Down Syndrome
- Heart conditions, including but not limited to heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, or hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) including but not limited to solid organ transplant or from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, use of other immune weakening medicines, or other causes
- Severe Obesity (BMI 40 kg/m2), Obesity (BMI of 30 kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2)
- Pregnancy
- Sickle cell disease or Thalassemia
- Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus
- Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain)
- Neurologic conditions including but not limited to Alzheimer's Disease or dementia
- Liver disease
Read more on the State's website
