SUFFOLK COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) New Yorkers who thought they had made an appointment for a COVID vaccine at Stony Brook University Hospital were shocked to learn their appointments had been suddenly canceled, apparently do to a mistakenly published link.
The general counsel for the Office of Information Technology Services said the unauthorized scheduling link was published this week.
The governor s office said it was a legitimate, internal link that was erroneously shared to the public and put out on social media, so people who had the link had unfair advantage that others didn t.
The link not only affected residents on Long Island, but across New York State.