NY’s Hochul quietly scraps $64M Excelsior COVID vax app due to $200K monthly costs and low usage
Gov. Kathy Hochul is quietly ending the state’s COVID vaccine digital passport after spending an eye-watering $64 million over two years on an app that is no longer used by New Yorkers and costs $200,000 a month to maintain. The Excelsior Pass Plus and the NYS Wallet App, launched in May 2021 by former Gov….