You can get free or low-cost COVID-19 testing at City-run sites or community health centers. Testing is free or low-cost and available regardless of immigration status.

NYC Health + Hospitals Sites

Free COVID-19 testing is available for existing NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health patients.

If you test positive you should contact your doctor or call NYC Health + Hospitals to be connected to care and to discuss treatment options available to you. 

If you aren’t currently a patient with H+H, you can learn how to become one and schedule an appointment.

Pick-Up Kits

The NYC Health + Hospitals Walk-Up Rapid Test Distribution Program is no longer offering free self-test kits for pickup. The program ended on March 15, 2024.

A positive test result means that you most likely have COVID-19. You must self-isolate and take precautions to reduce the risk of spreading the virus to others. 

Learn what to do when sick and when you can leave home.

For complaints about City-run COVID-19 testing sites, visit the City Agency or Worker Feedback page. 

For complaints about the quality of care or services provided by a COVID-19 testing site, visit the Hospital or Clinic Complaint page.

You can make a complaint about privately-run COVID-19 testing sites for some consumer protection violations.