NYC Vaccine Mandate May Leave Workers Unpaid and Services Unmet.

COVID-19 vaccines; VACCINATION mandates; FIRE department personnel; FIRE fighters; INFORMATION technology; NEW York City mayors

Tens of thousands of New York City employees -- including police, fire and sanitation workers -- could face unpaid leave Monday as a contentious vaccine mandate goes into effect. The deadline for reporting was Oct. 15, but some police and fire department employees have pushed back on the policy, with 72% of police department employees and 87% within the fire department in compliance with the reporting requirement as of Thursday, according to city data. [Extracted from the article]

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