'We're applauding the mayor's actions of letting the children go back to school without masks, of rolling back the mandate for performers and athletes, but we insist that it be extended to the people that work in New York City,' one union president said.
Many are considering the new changes a double standard in the city's vaccination policy, claiming there are different rules for wealthy athletes and performers, and another set of rules for everyone else. NBC New York's Adam Harding reports., with many calling it unfair that city workers, many of whom worked through the pandemic when there was no vaccine available, remain suspended without pay for refusing the doses while millionaire performers get a pass.
In response to her comments, the mayor said that"there are things the City Council speaker will do that I will disagree with, but she has a role in city council, I have a role as mayor." There are many critics of Mayor Eric Adams' move to end the city's vaccine mandate for professional athletes and performers, saying millionaire athletes are getting a pass while workers lost their livelihoods over the same issue. NBC New York's Gilma Avalos reports.
"I'm not making this decision loosely or haphazardly," Adams said."The city has to function. Some will boo us, others will cheer us -- that is not only a game of baseball but that's the game of life and we have to be on the field in order to win."
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