A longtime Brooklyn public school teacher said it’s “shameful” the Adams administration axed her and thousands of other city workers who refused to get vaccinated — especially aft…
who refused to get vaccinated — especially after they “risked” their lives returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.“We just don’t like the idea of someone forcing us to do something. It is about civil liberties and our rights. We are treading on some dangerous waters.”
McFadden said she hasn’t gotten the vaccine because she has lot of allergies and wants to be cautious. However, she said she’s more than willing to get regularly tested for the virus and believes the city should bring back an earlier program where school staff and students were tested weekly.City workers gathered at City Hall Park on Feb. 11, 2022, to protest the firings.
However, according to data provided two weeks ago, nearly 4,000 of the Big Apple’s roughly 370,000 civil servants wereThat number comprised about 3,000 veteran employees who had taken unpaid leave rather than get the jab and were required to get their first dose by Friday and another 1,000 workers hired after Aug. 2 who were given 45 days to get fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.
City Hall spokesperson Fabien Levy the firings were “considerably lower than 4,000” as many employees got vaccinated the past few weeks, but he said he could not provide an exact count.
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