{"id":1649020,"date":"2022-09-20T12:05:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1649020"},"modified":"2022-09-20T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:07:18","slug":"mayor-eric-adams-announces-end-to-new-york-citys-private-sector-covid-vaccine-mandate-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-eric-adams-announces-end-to-new-york-citys-private-sector-covid-vaccine-mandate-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Eric Adams Announces End To New York City\u2019s Private Sector COVID Vaccine Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmayor-eric-adams-announces-end-to-new-york-citys-private-sector-covid-vaccine-mandate-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1649020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced on Tuesday that the city\u2019s COVID vaccine mandate for the private sector will soon become optional.<\/p>\n<p>Adams shared the update as he received his own booster shot on Tuesday, encouraging New Yorkers to take part in the new voluntary program.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/686-22\/mayor-adams-launches-covid-19-booster-campaign-additional-flexibility-nyc#\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that \u201cthe additional flexibility we are announcing for private employers, students, and parents puts the choice back into each of their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYCMayor<\/a> announces that New York City is updating its COVID-19 measures for private businesses and parents, giving them more flexibility to make their own decisions that are best for them.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tLCWEsxzIp\">pic.twitter.com\/tLCWEsxzIp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYC Mayor&#8217;s Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayorsOffice\/status\/1572227873762590724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s deputy mayor for health and human services Anne Williams-Isom shared the details regarding the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we continue to adapt to the virus with these changes to vaccine mandates for private-sector employees and students participating in sports and extracurricular activities, we must continue doing our part to protect ourselves and our loved ones,\u201d she said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best way we can do that is to get vaccinated and get boosted. I strongly encourage every New Yorker to reach out to their primary care physician, local pharmacy, or any city-affiliated site to schedule their vaccine or updated booster shot appointment today,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m getting my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> booster and you can too: visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KwhEv8K9Bt\">https:\/\/t.co\/KwhEv8K9Bt<\/a>! Join us now at City Hall. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o78vmIM8Mg\">https:\/\/t.co\/o78vmIM8Mg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/1572203565585760257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news also revealed that New York City school students participating in sports and extracurricular activities will no longer be required to show proof of COVID vaccination, effectively immediately. The private sector mandate will become optional starting November 1.<\/p>\n<p>The move will likely encourage more New Yorkers to return to in-office work, a concern shared by many employers and workers across the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mayor\u2019s decision to allow individual employers to determine COVID-19 protocols is most welcome,\u201d said Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of Partnership for New York City, in the mayor\u2019s statement. \u201cIt will accelerate return to the office and encourage New Yorkers to move beyond the pandemic mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor\u2019s update comes just two days after President Joe Biden said \u201cthe pandemic is over\u201d during a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have a problem with COVID. We\u2019re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden said the pandemic is \u2018over\u2019 in an interview with \u201960 Minutes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have decreased in recent weeks, but the current average daily deaths is approx 400, per CDC data. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l86OL888DP\">pic.twitter.com\/l86OL888DP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisnews\/status\/1572083882727538688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news also comes after Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/no-more-quarantining-new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-announces-end-of-school-covid-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> last month that the state is lifting its COVID restrictions for schools to align with updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo more quarantining \u2014 no more \u2018test to stay,\u2019\u201d Hochul told reporters.\u00a0\u201cThe days of sending an entire classroom home because one person was symptomatic or tested positive \u2014 those days are over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat that means is if a classmate tests positive for COVID and your child doesn\u2019t have symptoms, your child can stay in school as long as they wear a mask under those circumstances. That\u2019s what we\u2019re recommending,\u201d Hochul added.<\/p>\n<p>The state continues to encourage vaccination. However, the latest update from the state\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2022\/08\/2022-23-school-year-covid-19-faqs-for-schools_8-22-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">does not currently require<\/a>\u00a0COVID vaccinations for students or staff to attend school for the 2022-2023 school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced on Tuesday that the city\u2019s COVID vaccine mandate for the private sector will soon become optional. Adams shared the update as he received his own booster shot on Tuesday, encouraging New Yorkers to take part in the new voluntary program. The mayor noted that \u201cthe additional flexibility &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1649026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1649026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}