With more than 90% of all municipal employees complying with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio urged the holdouts to “do the right thing,” get the first dose and come back to work quickly.
Unvaccinated workers were told Monday morning to go home on unpaid leave until they finally roll up their sleeves and get the shot. The bulk of them seemed to come from the FDNY firefighters ranks, were more than 2,000 unvaccinated smoke-eaters were sent home Monday, pending their receipt of the vaccine.
