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New York City Employees Protest Vaccine Mandate

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(Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)

NY: NYC Workers Protest COVID Vaccine Mandate

New York City municipal workers and supporters march across the Brooklyn Bridge during the “Anti-Mandate March For Choice”, New York, NY, October 25, 2021. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio imposed a mandate starting Nov. 1 that all municipal workers, including NYPD officers, FDNY, Sanitation workers and teachers recieve the COVID-19 vaccine or risk losing pay. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)

Brooklyn, New York (77 WABC) – City employees protested the city-wide vaccine mandate over the weekend in front of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Protestors marched over to City Hall to reaffirm their disagreement over the mandate in hopes that they will not have to get vaccinated to keep their jobs. Many protestors are trying to make it clear that they believe getting vaccinated should be a choice and not a requirement.

NYC employees, including teachers and police officers, who do not comply will be placed on unpaid leave. Employees have until 5 p.m. Friday to receive their first shot of one of the several authorized COVID-19 vaccines if they do not want to be placed on unpaid leave beginning Monday, November 1.