New York City mayor Eric Adams fired 1,430 city workers for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19, the city announced on Monday.
The fired workers — who failed to meet a Friday deadline to comply with the city’s vaccine mandate for municipal employees — included 36 workers in the New York City Police Department, 25 associated with the city’s fire department, and 914 in its department of education, according to the New York Post.
Most of the workers had previously been placed on unpaid leave and received termination notices after failing to receive a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while two newer hires were fired for failing to receive two vaccine doses under more strict requirements.
The firings account for less than one percent of the city’s workforce, but they likely the country’s largest mass termination of municipal employees over a Covid-19 vaccine mandate, the New York Times reported.
The number of firings ended up being much lower than previously anticipated; officials said last week some 4,000 workers could be fired over the mandate.
Source: National Review
