NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Workers at private and religious schools in New York City will now be mandated to get the COVID-19 vaccine, city officials announced Thursday.
The city’s latest mandate would require proof of a first dose by Dec. 20 for places like Catholic schools, yeshivas and more.
“We’re doing everything in our power to protect our students and school staff, and a mandate for nonpublic school employees will help keep our school communities and youngest New Yorkers safe,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement to Times.
The mandate will affect about 56,000 people citywide at over 900 schools.
It comes after employees of the city’s Department of Education already were required to get the shot. Mandates also include city workers like police officers.
The latest vaccine deadline came this week for correction officers, with hundreds faced with unpaid leave Tuesday.
De Blasio on Monday issued an emergency executive order designed to beef up jail staffing by authorizing a switch to 12-hour shifts from the normal 8-hour tours.
Mandates have seen plenty of push back in New York, with litigation drawn up to try and halt them from health workers, unions and more, but courts have upheld them.
De Blasio has slowly made efforts to expand vaccine mandates, and the latest decision may be his last as mayor, with just weeks before he hands over the job to Eric Adams.
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