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)
NY: NYC Workers Protest COVID Vaccine Mandate
New York, New York (77WABC) – New York City’s vaccine mandate is set to go into effect Friday.
Fire fighter union officials leading a rally with other city workers outside Gracie Mansion Thursday to protest the mandate.
Currently 68 percent of the FDNY is vaccinated.
There are already reports of work slowdowns. Many Staten Island residents complaining that the garbage is piling up.
Mayor de Blasio remains firm on the Friday deadline, saying he’s working with the heads of the city’s frontline workers in cases of any major shortages.
The mandate means suspension without pay for non vaccinated workers.
The Patrolman’s Benevolent Association say’s roughly 10 thousand officers are unvaccinated , that’s roughly one third of the NYPD.
