The head of a New York City firefighters’ union has attacked Bill de Blasio for not giving his members enough time to decide whether to get vaccinated or not, accusing the mayor of turning his back on the city’s essential workers.
Around 2,300 firefighters were off work on Monday, as a rule enforcing COVID vaccination. Monday’s deadline applied to all municipal workers, ranging from police officers to parks employees.
It was the latest vaccine mandate to be imposed by the