Before you go any further, though, take a moment to see if your city or state recommends using a specific app or service. New Yorkers, in fact, have multiple options: New York City’s NYC Covid Safe app lets people quickly create digital versions of their physical cards to store on their phones, while the state’s Excelsior Pass looks up a person’s records in a state database before generating a digital pass for them. Just be mindful of the trade-offs: while Covid Safe is faster to use, Excelsior Pass is harder to fake.
