New York City has fired 1,430 workers, representing less than 1 per cent of the city’s municipal workforce, for failing to comply with Covid-19 vaccine requirements that have been in place for city workers for nearly five months.
In a statement on 14 February, Mayor Eric Adams announced that 1,428 workers, who had already been on unpaid leave, were terminated for failing to get a first dose of available vaccines. Two recent hires, who received notices two weeks ago under tighter requirements, were also terminated.
