Mayor Adams also ended masking in schools. Some exceptions, like public transit, homeless shelters and health care settings, remained.Īdvertisement March 7, 2022: End of vaccine mandate for dining, gyms and entertainment venues Masks in schools no longer requiredĪlmost exactly two years after the pandemic began, NYC closed the book on the vaccine mandate for private businesses, following a dropped statewide mandate by Gov. This decision marked a turning point for New York’s COVID response. With deaths on the decline due to growing vaccination rates, Gov., Hochul announced the end of the statewide masking requirement. “And I don’t know if there’s going to be another variant behind it, but I do know our best defense is to get everyone vaccinated and mandates have worked.” Feb 10, 2022: Statewide mask mandate lifted “I am 110% convinced this was the right thing to do and remains the right thing to do, particularly with the ferocity of omicron,” de Blasio said. Unlike the public sector mandate, it did not give unvaccinated employees the option to get tested regularly to opt out. It applied to roughly 184,000 businesses. Ribeiro/for New York Daily News) Dec 27, 2021: Private sector vaccine mandate put into placeĪmid an Omicron surge and just five days before he left office, de Blasio instated the nation’s first vaccine mandate for private-sector workers. Ribeiro for New York Daily News) (Luiz C. New York - An almost empty C Train Subway car is near Columbus Circle Station during the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. Mayor de Blasio similarly ordered the city’s public hospital and health workers to either get vaccinated or undergo weekly tests starting in early August. In September, a Manhattan judge issued a similar ruling for a group of unvaccinated NYPD officers canned under similar circumstances. The unions contested the mandate in court and had a few victories, including an October judge ruling that the city should reinstate and give back pay to 16 Sanitation Department workers who were fired for refusing to get the vaccine. The controversial policy was met with fierce and immediate opposition from the police and firefighter unions. Mayor de Blasio gave NYC’s 300,000 city workers until mid-September to get the jab - or they’d have to wear a mask indoors and take COVID tests weekly. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Seth Wenig/AP) Sept 13, 2021: City workers vaccine mandate takes effect Medical personnel prepare a coronavirus vaccine against COVID-19 to be administered to New York City firefighter emergency medical services personnel at the FDNY Fire Academy in New York, Wednesday, Dec.
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