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Sen. Griffo asking St. Law. County DA to investigate possibly hacked vax appointment link

Posted 1/21/21

Sen. Joseph Griffo is requesting St. Lawrence County District Attorney Gary Pasqua to further investigate the posting of a link that allowed New Yorkers to make appointments to receive the COVID-19 …

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Sen. Griffo asking St. Law. County DA to investigate possibly hacked vax appointment link

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Sen. Joseph Griffo is requesting St. Lawrence County District Attorney Gary Pasqua to further investigate the posting of a link that allowed New Yorkers to make appointments to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Potsdam and elsewhere in the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration recently indicated that the unauthorized early posting of the link was due to a hack, leak or fraudulent activity.

The senator’s office says St. Lawrence County’s DA has “expressed a willingness to undertake a review of the matter and potentially open a case.”

“Many New Yorkers are relying on the COVID-19 vaccine to help them get through these challenging times and to bring back normalcy to their lives,” Pasqua said in a statement from Griffo’s office. “If criminal activity related to the state’s delivery of the vaccine did take place, then it must be investigated and dealt with to the fullest extent of the law.”

“If what happened is a crime, as the Governor and his administration have noted, then it should be investigated further,” Sen. Griffo, R-Rome, said in a statement. “The Governor likes to use competition as a way to reward people and communities. However, the state’s rollout of the vaccine is the new Hunger Games. It has caused people to compete with one another for spots in line with the most tech-savvy having an advantage and those most in need being abandoned. Now is not the time to utilize this type of process, especially when the lives of our elderly and New Yorkers are on the line. Taking care of our most vulnerable and underserved populations should be prioritized.”