{"id":906968,"date":"2021-10-21T17:44:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=906968"},"modified":"2021-10-21T17:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:44:31","slug":"curtis-sliwa-and-eric-adams-clash-over-nyc-vaccine-mandates-in-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curtis-sliwa-and-eric-adams-clash-over-nyc-vaccine-mandates-in-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Sliwa And Eric Adams Clash Over NYC Vaccine Mandates In Debate"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcurtis-sliwa-and-eric-adams-clash-over-nyc-vaccine-mandates-in-debate%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=906968&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 mayoral candidates Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams debated each other on Wednesday, clashing on several issues important to voters, including vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a vaccine mandate for all city workers, who must get the shot by Oct. 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the mayor\u2019s action today was correct,\u201d Adams, the Democratic nominee, said, recalling the pandemic\u2019s emotional and economic toll on the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m vaccinated, and I was on the ground during COVID, and I know what happened. I saw family members dropping off their loved ones to hospitals, never to see them again. I saw how we traumatized our businesses, how we destroyed our economy,\u201d said Adams, who is Brooklyn Borough president and a former NYPD captain.<\/p>\n<p>However, Adams said that he would have approached the situation differently, and would have negotiated with labor union leadership before implementing the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Republican nominee Sliwa said that he, too, is vaccinated, but condemned firing people over their vaccination status, especially essential personnel like health care workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did we do to the teachers? What did we do to the health care workers who were crawling into the belly of the beast during the lockdown and the pandemic?\u201d Sliwa asked. \u201cI know cause I and the Guardian Angels were taking care of the emotionally disturbed and the homeless in the subways and in Penn Station.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cheered them at night at seven, then all of a sudden we decided, de Blasio \u2014 who has supported Eric Adams here, they\u2019ve been a team \u2014 that all of a sudden they would lose their jobs \u2026 if they weren\u2019t going to be vaccinated,\u201d Sliwa continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a horror,\u201d Sliwa said. \u201cWe should never fire people for that reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sliwa is the founder of the Guardian Angels, an unarmed civilian patrol that has worked to prevent crime in New York City since 1979.<\/p>\n<p>The police department in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-officers-across-nation-fight-vaccine-mandates\">opposes<\/a> New York\u2019s city employee vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the beginning of the de Blasio administration\u2019s haphazard vaccine rollout, we have fought to make the vaccine available to every member who chooses it, while also protecting their right to make that personal medical decision in consultation with their own doctor,\u201d Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that the city has moved to unilaterally impose a mandate, we will proceed with legal action to protect our members\u2019 rights,\u201d Lynch said.<\/p>\n<p>Around 69% of NYPD employees were vaccinated as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>During the debate,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City mayoral candidates Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams debated each other on Wednesday, clashing on several issues important to voters, including vaccine mandates.On Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a vaccine mandate for all city workers, who must get the shot by Oct. 29.\u201cI believe the mayor\u2019s action today was correct,\u201d Adams, the Democratic nominee, said, recalling the pandemic\u2019s emotional and economic toll on the city.\u201cI\u2019m vaccinated, and I was on the ground during COVID, and I know what happened. I saw family members dropping off their loved ones to hospitals, never to see them again. I saw how we traumatized our businesses, how we destroyed our economy,\u201d said Adams, who is Brooklyn Borough president and a former NYPD captain.However, Adams said that he would have approached the situation differently, and would have negotiated with labor union leadership before implementing the mandate.Republican nominee Sliwa said that he, too, is vaccinated, but condemned firing people over their vaccination status, especially essential personnel like health care workers.\u201cWhat did we do to the teachers? What did we do to the health care workers who were crawling into the belly of the beast during the lockdown and the pandemic?\u201d Sliwa asked. \u201cI know cause I and the Guardian Angels were taking care of the emotionally disturbed and the homeless in the subways and in Penn Station.\u201d\u201cWe cheered them at night at seven, then all of a sudden we decided, de Blasio \u2014 who has supported Eric Adams here, they\u2019ve been a team \u2014 that all of a sudden they would lose their jobs \u2026 if they weren\u2019t going to be vaccinated,\u201d Sliwa continued.\u201cThat is a horror,\u201d Sliwa said. \u201cWe should never fire people for that reason.\u201dSliwa is the founder of the Guardian Angels, an unarmed civilian patrol that has worked to prevent crime in New York City since 1979.The police department in particular opposes New York\u2019s city employee vaccine mandate.\u201cFrom the beginning of the de Blasio administration\u2019s haphazard vaccine rollout, we have fought to make the vaccine available to every member who chooses it, while also protecting their right to make that personal medical decision in consultation with their own doctor,\u201d Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch said.\u201cNow that the city has moved to unilaterally impose a mandate, we will proceed with legal action to protect our members\u2019 rights,\u201d Lynch said.Around 69% of NYPD employees were vaccinated as of Wednesday.During the debate, Sliwa attempted to link Adams to de Blasio, saying the mayor was Adams\u2019 \u201cteammate.\u201d\u201cEric Adams is with the elites in the suites, the TikTok girls, trying to sort of live up to the Kardashians at club Zero Bond,\u201d Sliwa said with a smile. \u201cCome on, Eric. Come back. Come back to the streets and the subways. Be with the real peeps.\u201dThe New York City mayoral election will be held on Nov. 2.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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