New York City will require every Department of Education employee — including teachers, principals, custodians and all central office staff — to have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine by Sept. 27, without the option of instead submitting to weekly testing.
The new, stricter mandate, which will be announced on Monday, will affect some 148,000 city employees. It is an escalation in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s effort to slow the spread of the Delta variant by getting more city residents vaccinated.
Education staffers are the first group of city workers to face a full vaccine mandate. The announcement also opens the door to a broader vaccine mandate of city workers. Last month, Mr. de Blasio issued a mandate for city workers that allowed for those unvaccinated to submit for weekly coronavirus testing.
Mr. de Blasio’s push is likely to be unpopular with some D.O.E. employees, but is supported by the city’s powerful teachers’ union. The city is still negotiating with the United Federation of Teachers on what will happen to staffers who do not comply with the mandate.
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Good. I would love to see those spoiled Karen’s squirm as they get a needle jabbed into their flimsy arms.
As per Alice Cooper, “schools out forever”
BH only public schools. I hope there will be enough staff members to protest in front of government offices.