vaccine mandate

New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers. The vaccine mandate, which led to the firing of hundreds of city workers who declined to get the shots, will...

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military would be rescinded under the annual defense bill heading for a vote this week in Congress. If the measure passes, it will end a policy that helped ensure the vast majority of troops were vaccinated but also raised concerns that it harmed recruitment and retention. Republicans emboldened by their new...

New York City’s strictest-in-the-nation COVID vaccine mandate covering the private sector is officially over as of Tuesday, following last week’s health board vote to drop the nearly year-old program amid ongoing pandemic progress. The decision to end the order implemented by former Mayor Bill de Blasio in the waning days of his administration was unanimous, as was health leaders’...

New York City’s strictest-in-the-nation COVID vaccine mandate covering the private sector is officially over as of Tuesday, following last week’s health board vote to drop the nearly year-old program amid ongoing pandemic progress.

New York City sanitation workers who were fired for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 should be reinstated and given back pay, a state judge ruled in a decision released Tuesday.

New York City sanitation workers who were fired for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 should be reinstated and given back pay, a state judge ruled in a decision released Tuesday.

A pregnant teen just weeks away from her due date was shot while sitting inside an SUV in Upper Manhattan, according to police.

Private employers in New York City will no longer be forced to require proof of vaccination from their workers, Andrew Siff reports.

The board also voted to end the vaccine rule for school extra-curricular activities. The changes take effect on Nov. 1.

Top New York City health leaders voted Tuesday to rescind the strictest-in-nation COVID vaccine mandate implemented by former Mayor Bill de Blasio in the waning days of his administration, the last signoff needed to end the program next week. Vaccine mandates for high-risk extracurricular activities in schools will end, too. Both votes were unanimous. The rules will expire on Tuesday,…

A judge ruled the mandate invalid, and said that all members of the police union who lost their jobs are to be reinstated. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

A judge has ruled that the city’s vaccine mandate is invalid for NYPD members part of the police union, and has ordered all officers who were fired or put on leave to be reinstated. In Friday’s ruling, the judge ruled that the city did not establish “a legal basis or lawful authority for the DOH to exclude employees from...

Today Mayor Adams lifted the vaccine mandate for private businesses in the boroughs. Rana Novini reports.

Almost six months after a newish New York City Mayor Eric Adams told people frustrated over ongoing COVID vaccine mandates to get over it, the Democrat is officially pulling the plug on the unprecedented pandemic program — at least as far as the private sector goes. Adams announced Tuesday that the strictest-in-the-nation COVID vaccine requirements for private businesses –implemented by…

There is a new push to get more people vaccinated with the latest COVID booster, especially ahead of the fall and winter. Andrew Siff reports.

A New York City police detective has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the city from firing him and other workers for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

New York City is reigning in outdoor dining sheds that are no longer in use. Andrew Siff reports.

Abandoned outdoor dining sheds are coming down. Tracie Strahan reports.

New York City’s mayor made an announcement on one of the more polarizing pandemic-era initiatives — outdoor dining — as expected on Thursday, though the details may fall flat for critics of the continued program. Eric Adams’ update specifically addresses the sheds — cumbersome parking-spot-blocking rodent attractors to some, lifelines of employment and sociality to others — seen stretching across…

New York City announced a COVID protocol overhaul for its public school system this week, relaxing virus restrictions as the nation’s largest district prepares to return to the classroom in a few weeks. The details (find them here) notwithstanding, the announcement served as a reality check for many parents who suddenly remembered that it’s almost time for school again....