NY: Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic At Bronx High School
New York, NY (77WABC)- Looks like someone found a loophole to the DOE vaccine mandate…
An arbitrator has ruled that officials need to provide accommodations or exceptions to any DOE staff member with medical conditions or religious beliefs that exclude them from getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
The decision came yesterday, with the start of school happening on Monday, September 13th. Teachers who resign due to refusing the vaccine won’t be immediately fired; they will be able to take leave without pay and will be entitled to health insurance through September 2022, per the decision.
“As a group, teachers have overwhelmingly supported the vaccine, but we have members with medical conditions or other reasons for declining vaccination,” United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said after the ruling.
De Blasio previously announced Aug. 23 that all DOE staffers need to receive at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 27
