Statewide scheduling confusion
On Thursday, the state said the now-cancelled vaccination appointments at the former Audelicious and five other sites were made after an “unauthorized” link was shared on social media this week. The other sites included a Binghamton University property in Johnson City; the University at Buffalo South Campus; Plattsburgh International Airport; SUNY Potsdam and Stony Brook University on Long Island.
None of those sites were accepting appointments yet, leading to the cancellations.
On Friday, state officials said about 22,000 appointments were nullified, with about 20,000 of them at Stony Brook, 1,500 in Utica and 800 in Binghamton. It has come to our attention that an unpublished scheduling link was shared without authorization on social media this week, said Marcy Stevens, general counsel for the state Office of Information Technology Services, in a statement Thursday night.