Another 12,000 workers didn’t submit proof of vaccination but avoided being sent home after applying for exemptions. 18 FDNY companies are out service amid an alleged sickout. Updates:
People walk past the station house of Fire Engine 1 on Friday in Manhattan. Photo: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images Some 21,000 New York City employees remained unvaccinated as of Monday, when enforcement of the city’s vaccine mandate began. As a result, 9,000 New York City employees were forced to take unpaid leave on Monday after failing to submit proof of vaccination, which is nearly 6 percent of the city’s workforce.
18 FDNY companies are out of service and dozens understaffed amid alleged sick-out More than 2,300 of the FDNY’s 11,000 firefighters are out sick as of Monday, largely in apparent protest of the mandate, putting a strain on the department and forcing it to move staff around to maintain operations. Eighteen of the departments’ 350 companies were out of service on Monday. Dozens of other companies remained open but understaffed, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.
A spokesperson for Mayor Bill de Blasio called the Post report a “lie” in a tweet on Sunday. “FDNY has NOT closed any firehouses,” press secretary Danielle Filson said. “The vast majority of FDNY employees have gotten vaccinated. Response times remain strong, availability has not been impacted.” The number of 311 service requests regarding missed trash pickups skyrocketed to 1,200 on Tuesday and more than double that on Friday, Gothamist reports.
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