New York City Fires over 1,400 Workers Who Failed to Meet Deadline for COVID-19 Vaccine
February 16, 2022 | New York
More than 1,000 of the employees had already been placed on leave for missing earlier vaccine deadlines.
New York City recently fired nearly 1,500 municipal workers who failed to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, officials said Monday.
City officials said 1,430 workers were fired Friday and that the number represents less than 1% of the city’s 370,000-person workforce. The number was also far smaller than what they had predicted.
“City workers served on the front lines during the pandemic. And by getting vaccinated they are once again showing how they are willing to do the right thing to protect themselves and all New Yorkers,” said Democrat Mayor Eric Adams. “Our goal was always to vaccinate, not terminate, and city workers stepped up and met the goal placed before them.”
The mandate was put in place in October by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio. Adams appear to wait to order the firings until after it became clear enough municipal workers had been vaccinated to keep the city running without those who were unvaccinated… (Excerpts from the Virginia Star)
