9,000 NYC workers put on leave over mandate

NEW YORK -- About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a covid-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday, and thousands of city firefighters have called out sick in an apparent protest over the requirement, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

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