Of the workers terminated, 914 worked for the Department of Education and 101 for the New York City Housing Authority.
reported. Cassey McFadden, who taught in New York schools for 25 years, then emerged from retirement to substitute teach amid the COVID-19 teacher shortage, told theMcFadden did not get the vaccine because she has severe allergies and is exercising caution but was all for the weekly testing alternative that the city stopped offering as an option.
Paul Schweit, an unvaccinated New York firefighter, told WCBS 25 firefighters were set to be fired on Friday.The Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 map shows the average positive test rate in the state of New York has fallen back to roughly the level it was at before January's dramatic spike brought on by the Omicron variant, descending from a peak of 29.8 percent on January 10 to 6.1 percent as of Friday.previously reported Washington, D.C.
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