essential services. one new york congresswoman tweeting, 26 fdny companies are closed including five in my district. open but the ladder is closed. god forbid there is a major fire or severe car accident or if a crime takes place or even worse. reporter: today fdny s commissioner firing back. the department has not closed any fire houses. but he did confirm members were calling out sick writing, irresponsible, bogus sick leave by some of our members is creating a danger for new yorkers and their fellow firefighters. they need to return to work or risk the consequences of their actions. the mayor adding there will be contingencies to address staffing issues if they arise while noting a 91% vaccination rate among city workers saturday. for days, firefighters unions have expressed outrage over the mandate asking for additional time to get the shots. my members have not been given a proper opportunity to be informed by the department or the city
temporarily go out of service. in a statement the fire commissioner said, quote: the department has not closed any fire houses, it s creating a danger for new yorkers and their fellow firefighters. they need to return to work or risk the consequences of their action. many employees say it is mayor bill de blasio s vaccine mandate that is to blame for endangering new yorkers. people should be ware and should know that this mayor is putting people s lives at risk and in danger. there will be ambulances run down, there will be fire houses that will not be open. we want to serve the people of new york city, we want to respond to these calls, we want to work. he is not allowing us to work. reporter: 22 perfect of fire department employees and 16% of the, this ypd nypd are currently not vaccinated. city workers who got a shot over the weekend will not lose any pay. in a last minute push, mayor bill de blasio says 2300 city
firefighters will be put on unpaid leave if they do not at least one dose of the vaccine. this is happening as crime and homelessness are on the rise throughout the city. david lee miller is live in new york city on how some are fighting this mandate, david lee, what can you tell us. david: well, staff shortage caused by new york city firefighter staging a sickout protesting the vaccine mandate has reportedly resulted in the closure and i should say the shut down, temporary shutdown of 26 fire houses that being reported by the new york post. now earlier before this report, the city did say that some fire houses are out of service but that none have been closed. now the fire commissioner issued a statement earlier saying, quote, the excessive sick leave by a group of firefighters because of their anger at the vaccine mandate for all city employees is unacceptable
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