Mayor: NYC businesses should mandate worker vaccinations
July 23, 2021
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday urged the city's private sector businesses to institute vaccine requirements for their employees, saying the “limits of a purely voluntary system" have been reached.
Speaking in his weekly appearance Friday on WNYC radio, de Blasio told host Brian Lehrer, “If people want freedom, if people want jobs, if people want to live again, we have got to get more people vaccinated and obviously, it’s time for whatever mandates we can achieve."
De Blasio on Wednesday announced a policy that would require workers in New York City-run hospitals and health clinics to either get vaccinated or get tested weekly. Other city employees including teachers and police officers aren't under a mandate as of now, but de Blasio said he hasn't ruled out applying one at some point.