CNN: Estimated 3,000 Unvaccinated NYC Workers Set to Lose Jobs Today

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JONES: "You know, when Mayor De Blasio issued this mandate last year, he said, 'Our public employees will lead us out of the Covid era.' Mayor Adams is going to stick to that, he's going to enforce that. He says he wants these employees to remain employed with the city, but they have to follow these requirements. As he put it, he said, 'We're not firing them. People are quitting. If you're not following the rules, you're making that decision.' Now it's important to note that the vast majority of the city's more than 370,000 municipal workers have gotten vaccinated as required, but an estimated 3,000 could lose their job today if they can’t prove they’ve been vaccinated. This is less than 1% of the city’s workforce, though, and these are people, according to a city official my colleague Mark Morales spoke with, these are people who have not gotten a shot and have not been coming to work since the beginning of November. So, city services are not expected to be affected if these workers are indeed fired. And city officials expect the final number could change. It could be lower than 3,000 because people could decide at the last minute to go and get vaccinated.”