Breaking: New York City Fires More Than 1,400 Unvaccinated Workers

New York City mayor Eric Adams fired 1,430 city workers for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19, the city announced on Monday.

The fired workers — who failed to meet a Friday deadline to comply with the city's vaccine mandate for municipal employees — included 36 workers in the New York City Police Department, 25 associated with the city’s fire department, and 914 in its department of education, according to the New York Post.

The workers had previously been placed on unpaid leave.

The firings account for less than one percent of the city's workforce, but they likely the country's largest mass termination of municipal employees over a Covid-19 vaccine mandate, the New York Times reported.

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