{"id":952181,"date":"2021-11-02T03:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T07:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=952181"},"modified":"2021-11-02T03:13:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T07:13:54","slug":"22000-nyc-municipal-workers-remain-unvaccinated-as-de-blasios-vaccine-mandate-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/22000-nyc-municipal-workers-remain-unvaccinated-as-de-blasios-vaccine-mandate-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"22,000 NYC Municipal Workers Remain Unvaccinated as de Blasio&#039;s Vaccine Mandate Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2F22000-nyc-municipal-workers-remain-unvaccinated-as-de-blasios-vaccine-mandate-begins%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=952181&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 class=\"subheading\">Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s (D) vaccine mandate for all New York City municipal workers went into effect Monday as approximately 22,000 city workers remain unvaccinated, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>As of the morning of November 1, ABC 7&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/fdny-vaccines-nyc-vaccine-mandate-covid-19-vaccination-fire-companies-shut-down\/11187373\/\">reported<\/a> that 22,000 city workers in the Big Apple remain unvaccinated, while more than half of unvaccinated municipal workers have applied for exemptions, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In a statement, Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s press secretary, Danielle Filson,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/01\/nyregion\/new-york-vaccine-mandate.html\">said<\/a> 91 percent of city workers had \u201cgotten the shot,\u201d according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Those who applied for a religious or medical exemption can continue working and will undergo weekly testing while their applications are processed over the coming weeks, according to ABC 7.<\/p>\n<p>City workers who remain unvaccinated and have not received or submitted a request for a medical or religious exemption will be placed on unpaid leave, according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As of Monday, 9,000 city workers will be placed on unpaid leave, Filson said, per ABC 7. She added that the number accounts for six percent of the city\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMandates work,\u201d Filson said according to ABC 7. \u201cThat number will continue to decrease. The remaining have pending accommodations\/exemption requests. They are working and subject to weekly testing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eighty-four percent of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) has received at least one dose of a vaccine according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.&nbsp;The NYPD is comprised of 36,000 officers and 19,000 civilian workers, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Of those working in the NYPD, 6,500 applied for religious exemptions and can continue working for the time being, while 2,500 employees in the department are expected to be placed on sick leave, according to ABC 7.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the sanitation department, 82 percent of employees have received a shot, ABC 7 reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the <em>Times<\/em>, many sanitation workers have been told to plan to come in on Sundays, and workers will have to pull 12-hour shifts.<\/p>\n<p>ABC 7 reports that 80 percent of New York Fire Department (FDNY) employees have met Monday\u2019s requirement of having at least one dose of the vaccine. Seventy-five percent of firefighters have met the requirement, and 87 percent of medics and EMTs in the FDNY have satisfied the obligation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18553698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FDNY-EMS-vaccination-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18553698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FDNY-EMS-vaccination-getty.jpg\" alt=\"A member of FDNY EMS prepares to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine at the FDNY Fire Training Academy on Randall\u2019s Island on December 23, 2020 in New York City. Members of FDNY EMS were given doses of the Moderna coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine allotted for the department. Firefighters who are considered essential frontline workers but not essential health care workers will be able to receive the vaccine starting on December 29. The vaccine will not be mandatory for EMS workers or firefighters. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of FDNY EMS prepares to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine at the FDNY Fire Training Academy on Randall\u2019s Island on December 23, 2020, in New York City (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <em>New York Times<\/em> reports that of the city\u2019s 11,000 firefighters, upwards of 2,000 have taken sick days over the past week. FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro referred to the absences as \u201cbogus sick leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIrresponsible bogus sick leave by some of our members is creating a danger for New Yorkers and their fellow firefighters,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/2-000-fdny-members-call-024500413.html\">said<\/a> Nigro in a statement Saturday, according to Yahoo. \u201cThey need to return to work or risk the consequences of their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe excessive sick leave \u2026 because of their anger at the vaccine mandate for all city employees is unacceptable, contrary to their oaths to serve &amp; may endanger the lives of New Yorkers,\u201d Nigro said, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GingerOtis\/status\/1454236904111710211\">tweet<\/a> from writer&nbsp;Ginger Adams Otis, which Breitbart News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/local\/2021\/10\/31\/reports-nyc-short-firefighters-ems-stemming-vaccine-mandate\/\">cited<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Uniformed Firefighter Association, Andrew Ansbro, stated there was no organized protest, according to the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe would never advocate for a firehouse to be closed or for members not to work overtime,\u201d Ansbro stated, according to ABC 7. \u201cWe need everyone we can to keep this city running and keep it safe. We\u2019re trying to avoid what is going to be an inevitable disaster.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ansbro stated that hundreds of firefighters had recently received their first shot and were grappling with side effects from the vaccine.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHundreds of guys are feeling flulike symptoms because that\u2019s what the shot does to people,\u201d he stated, the <em>Times<\/em> reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s (D) vaccine mandate for all New York City municipal workers went into effect Monday as approximately 22,000 city workers remain unvaccinated, according to reports. As of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"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-952181","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\/952181","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}