Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced her administration will relaunch its statewide #VaxtoSchool campaign, an initiative aimed at increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates among school-aged New Yorkers as they prepare to head back into classrooms.

"As we prepare for the beginning of the school year and the fall season, it is important that we do all we can to protect our youngest New Yorkers," Hochul said in a statement. "By breaking down barriers to vaccine access, these partnerships will allow New York State to continue to protect the health and safety of our most vulnerable community members and keep our schools open.”

“As children can catch COVID-19 and develop severe disease, and vaccination remains their best protection against the virus and its variants, I urge all parents and guardians to get their children vaccinated before they head back to school,” Dr. Mary Bassett, the state's health commissioner, added.

Below, you’ll find a list of the pop-up vaccination sites, their dates and hours and hours of operation, and the vaccines that will be available:

Harlem Week Children's Festival/Howard Bennet Playground

  • 135th Street and North Side Between Lenox and 5th Ave
  • New York, NY 10037
  • Open: Aug. 20 and Aug. 21, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Vaccine type: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
  • Ages 5+

Krab Queenz Harlem - Single Parents Back to School Giveaway

  • 100 West 125 Street
  • New York, NY 10027
  • Open: Aug. 29, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Vaccine Type: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
  • Ages: 5+

Queens Borough Hall

  • 120 -55 Queens Blvd.
  • Kew Gardens NY 11415
  • Open: Aug. 29, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Vaccine Type: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
  • Ages: 6 months+

Bethany Baptist Church Community Booster Event

  • 460 Marcus Garvey Blvd
  • Brooklyn, NY 11216
  • Open: Sept. 10, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Vaccine Type: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
  • Ages: 5+

First Step Medical P.C.

  • 705 East 180th Street
  • Bronx, NY 10457
  • Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Vaccine Type: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
  • Event Partner: First Step Medical P.C.
  • Ages: 6 months to 4 years

One Hanson Place Pediatrics PLLC

  • 1 Hanson Place
  • Brooklyn, NY 11243
  • Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Vaccine Type: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
  • Event Partner: One Hanson Place Pediatrics PLLC
  • Ages: 6 months to 4 years

National Pediatric Center

  • 102-11 Roosevelt Avenue
  • Corona, NY 11368
  • Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Vaccine Type: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
  • Event Partner: National Pediatric Center
  • Ages: 6 months to 4 years

Pediatrics 2000 II Pediatric Center

  • 3332 Broadway
  • New York, NY 10031
  • Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Vaccine Type: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
  • Event Partner: Pediatrics 2000 II Pediatric Center
  • Ages: 6 months to 4 years

Parents and guardians with questions about the COVID-19 vaccine are encouraged to visit ny.gov/vaxtoschool.

The back-to-school vaccination push by the governor comes as her administration says they are finalizing their “Fall Action Plan,” which they say will help mitigate potential pandemic surges later this year.

Thus far, that plan includes distributing three million COVID-19 tests to schools before the beginning of the school year, readying stockpiles of personal protective equipment and promoting more access to treatment and therapeutics.

New York City public schools on Tuesday announced it will no longer randomly test students for COVID-19. 

The DOE will still require schools to report positive COVID-19 cases to its Situation Room, but those case counts will come from self-reported data, as schools will not be carrying out testing.