A surprise year-end decree by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all businesses to get workers vaccinated has sowed confusion and frustration — and could set off a holiday dash to force vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs.
With just weeks left in office, de Blasio said the mandate will take effect Dec. 27. In-person workers need to provide proof they have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Workers would not be able to opt out with COVID-19 testing, although waivers would be considered for religious or medical reasons.
De Blasio said his city is now dealing with a “triple threat” — the new omicron variant, the colder winter months and a time when people are gathering for the holidays.“I believe in individual rights and liberties, I really do. But I think there is a need — a community need — that is so much greater than any one of us at this point. That’s what I’m acting on,” he said during an interview Thursday on radio station Hot 97.
The federal mandate would have allowed workers to opt out of the vaccination mandate by submitting to weekly testing. Danny Kilbert, owner of the Compleat Strategist, a board game and puzzle store in Midtown, said he will comply with the mandate when it’s official, but wonders if it will stick.Legal challenges were being readied soon after the mayor announced the new measures.public school teachers fight a similar mandate on schools“Certainly, COVID is a problem. Nobody’s denying that,” said Gelormino, who said he’s fully vaccinated. “Most people are not against vaccinations. They’re against mandates.
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