Vaccine frenzy in New York: Hundreds line up and traffic is jammed for eight blocks after false rumors spread on social media about 'spare' doses being given away as state's rollout is branded a 'completes mess' Reports on social media said 400+ doses were available to anyone aged 18+ at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Claims sent New Yorkers into a frenzy Thursday night with around 500 flocking to the site New York City officials tweeted that this was 'misinformation' and sent cops to disperse the crowds Less than 4% of the state's population have so far been vaccinated, according to data from Bloomberg Governor Cuomo and NYC Mayor de Blasio have pushed the blame onto the federal government