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
What you should know More than 22,000 New York City city workers could be on unpaid leave as the city’s vaccines mandate goes into full effect on Monday. In the last 24 hours before the deadline, about 2,000 more employees received their vaccination, De Blasio said. More than half of unvaccinated workers have applied for … Read more
What you should know New York City is bracing for a worker shortage as the COVID-19 vaccine mandate looms and tens of thousands of city employees remain unvaccinated. Police officers, firefighters, garbage collectors and most city workers are facing the 5 p.m. deadline Friday to prove they have received at least one dose of the … Read more
What you should know New York City announced last week that it was expanding its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to all public employees with no testing option. The deadline for those workers, which include firefighters, police officers, traffic officers and many essential employees, to show proof of at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is … Read more
NEW YORK – With the 5 p.m. deadline this Friday, time is running out for New York City workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and the streets of the Big Apple are a nasty reflection of the piling up of trash. Much has been made of what would happen if large numbers of unvaccinated police … Read more
What you should know As the deadline for city employees to get vaccinated approaches, Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the possibility of a shortage of first responders. New York City announced last week that it was expanding its COVID-19 vaccination mandate to all public employees with no testing option. A shortage of first responders is … Read more
What you should know New York City is expanding its vaccine mandate to all public employees without a trial option, the mayor’s office announced Wednesday. City employees will receive $ 500 in their paychecks starting Wednesday if they receive their first injection at a city-run vaccination site. NYPD officers have had the option to get … Read more