New York City has laid off more than 1,000 municipal workers who failed to comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, the mayor’s office said Monday. The 1,430 workers who lost their jobs represent less than 1% of the city’s workforce of 370,000 people and layoffs were fewer than previously expected. Friday’s deadline to receive … Read more
The Supreme Court denied a request by a group of New York City public school teachers to suspend the vaccination mandate for employees who did not receive a religious exemption. The appeal was directed to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who handles cases in the region. The magistrate had already rejected a previous challenge, presented in October. … Read more
What you should know New York City police, firefighters and other municipal employees have hit the deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19. They are likely to face dismissal on Friday without proof of vaccination. That deadline was announced less than two weeks ago, months after the city’s health commissioner issued an order requiring all city … Read more
As planned, up to 4,000 New York City municipal employees they would lose their jobs on friday for refusing to comply with the coronavirus vaccine mandate. Mayor Eric Adams said these employees have been on unpaid leave for months for refusing to receive the vaccine, but now face termination under rules established by the previous … Read more
Despite multiple protests, Mayor Eric Adams reaffirmed the city’s impending ultimatum: City workers have until tomorrow, Friday, February 11, to get vaccinated or they will be laid off. As many as 3,000 city workers are set to lose their jobs Friday for refusing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, in what could be the nation’s … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected blocking New York’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers, our sister network NBC reported. This mandate has an exception for medical reasons, but not for religious reasons. The highest court acted on emergency appeals from doctors, nurses and other health workers who oppose the mandate and who say … Read more
What you should know Beginning Dec. 27, New York City’s vaccine mandate will be expanded to all private sector workers, a move that Mayor Bill de Blasio called the first of its kind in the nation when he announced changes that looming on Monday. The mandate is getting tougher in other ways, too: Two-dose testing … Read more
NEW YORK – Officials have viewed New York City’s “Key to NYC” mandate as the weapon needed to increase vaccination in the battle against coronavirus in the Big Apple and keep the economy open since it took effect. in September. On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio expanded the immunization requirements of the “Key to NYC” … Read more
NEW YORK – An official-looking poster on why New Yorkers shouldn’t get the COVID-19 vaccine has appeared at an MTA bus stop, as city officials urged them to do otherwise amid a spike in infections and the appearance of the Omicron variant in the Big Apple. It’s unclear when the ad appeared near a B43 … Read more
New York City required nearly all of its municipal workforce, including teachers, police officers, firefighters, and garbage collectors, to receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by November, but gave them to jail workers. an additional month due to staffing concerns. NEW YORK – New York City’s already troubled prison system faces a … Read more