NYC Paid Up to $14,050 Per COVID-19 Vaccination Administered: Audit

People check their rapid COVID-19 test results outside of a testing site on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York on Dec. 21, 2021. Brittainy Newman/AP Photo

New York City health officials regularly overpaid a contractor to administer COVID-19 tests and vaccines, paying as much as $14,050 for a single COVID-19 vaccination, an audit shows.

Officials let Executive Medical Services, a contractor awarded a contract early in the COVID-19 pandemic, to set its own staffing levels, leading to uncontrolled costs, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander found.