Facing growing calls for his resignation or impeachment in Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday left town for a tour of a mass vaccination site in New York City. 

Cuomo, appearing at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, was flanked by Black clergy members and state officials, urging people of color to get their vaccines and boost participation. 

"We can't put the needle in your arm unless you bring your arm," Cuomo said. "It literally is a matter of life or death."

Cuomo's direct appeal for vaccinations is to a base of voters who have been loyal to him over the last decade he has been in office. And it comes as Black and Latino New Yorkers, including those who work in the health care field, have been less likely to receive doses of the vaccine. 

Cuomo touted the vaccine's effectiveness and safety, pointing to a state-run panel that had approved of it, adding he recommended his mother and daughters receive it. 

A Quinnipiac University poll last week showed the governor is retaining Black voters as he and his administration face growing scrutiny for the deaths of nursing home residents during the pandemic, as well as allegations by multiple women of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior. 

As he spoke the convention center, the governor's office announced 10 new mass vaccination sites around the state. New York and other states are expected to receive a boost in vaccine doses with the approval of the Johnson & Johnson manufactured vaccine that only requires one dose. 

"We have a vaccine that can win the war we still have to get the vaccine," Cuomo said. 

The new mass vaccination sites are:

LONG ISLAND

SUNY Stony Brook SH Campus
70 Tuckahoe Road
Southampton, NY 

Suffolk Community College Brentwood Campus
502 Wicks Road
Brentwood, NY

SUNY Old Westbury
Clark Center - Gate C
223 Store Hill Road
Old Westbury, NY 

HUDSON VALLEY

SUNY Orange
Diana Physical Education Center
9 East Conkling Avenue
Middletown, NY 

Ulster County Fairgrounds
249 Libertyville Road
New Paltz, NY 

CAPITAL REGION

Queensbury Site
50 Gurney Lane
Queensbury, NY 

MOHAWK VALLEY

SUNY Oneonta
108 Ravine Parkway
Oneonta, NY   

SOUTHERN TIER

Corning Community College
Gymnasium and Wellness Education Center
1 Academic Drive
Corning, NY 

WESTERN NEW YORK

Conference Center of Niagara Falls                           
101 Old Falls Street                                                                
Niagara Falls, NY 

NEW YORK CITY

Bronx Site

Final Location Pending