Adams fired 1400 workers over lack of vaccinations

Mayor of new york Eric Adams fired more than 1400 civil servants who refused to be vaccinated, city officials said. Among those fired were 36 NYPD officers, 25 firefighters and 914 employees of the Department of Education. New York Post.

That number dropped significantly by the Feb. 11 vaccination mandate deadline, city officials said. An increasing number of employees provided evidence that they had received at least one vaccination.

Last week, officials estimated that 4000 people could be laid off. Later their number was reduced to 3400, and then to 1430.

In one category, there were 2400 people on unpaid leave. They didn't renew their health insurance and didn't provide proof vaccinations. 1428 of them did not take root, and they were fired.

Nearly 1000 people, or 40 percent, provided evidence that they received at least one vaccine and returned to work.

The 1000 new employees hired last August were initially unable to apply for vaccinations. But in the end, only two failed to vaccinate and were fired, officials said.

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Adams thanked the vast majority of workers for being vaccinated. But some union leaders say the dismissal over the vaccination mandate is illegal.

“Employees cannot be fired. There are a lot of people who don't believe in getting these vaccines,” said Harry Nespoli, head of the municipal labor council.

According to an agency chart provided by the city, the New York City Housing Authority lost 101 employees who refused to get vaccinated, and 40 Department of Sanitation workers were fired.

But this is only the first round - there can be many of them.

Another 13 City employees have applied for medical or religious exemptions or exemptions from vaccination requirements.

Decisions were made in more than half of these cases - 7030 requests for refusal.

About 70 percent or 4 withdrawal requests were rejected, while 919 were approved. But workers can appeal.

Some 5000 police officers and 500 firefighters were among those who sought exemptions from vaccinations for religious or medical reasons.

The vaccination mandate was originally imposed by former mayor Bill de Blasio. Adams upheld the mandate when he took office. Last fall, more than 10 workers failed to comply.

Approximately 400 residents work for city government. On February 000, a federal judge gave the city the green light to crack down on anti-vaxxers.