“Every one of the commissioners has been absolutely confident that they can make the adjustments and every one of the commissioners has adamantly wanted us to move forward with a vaccine mandate. “If they don’t, they’re going off payroll,” he said. Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wants the employees to get vaccinated by Friday. “City Hall has given no reason that a vaccine mandate with a weekly testing option is no longer enough to protect police officers and the public,” Lynch said, “especially while the number of Covid-19 cases continues to fall.” Patrick Lynch, head of the New York City Police Benevolent Association and a named party to the suit, said in a statement that the decision was a “violation of police officers’ rights,” and said it would lead to fewer officers on the city’s streets. ET after a judge on Staten Island on Wednesday denied a request by the city’s largest police union to block the city’s requirements.

The mandate will take effect Friday at 5 p.m. Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images 13, 2021 before a meeting on the city's vaccine mandate for employees. Chicago police officers arrive at the Fraternal Order of Police local lodge on Wednesday, Oct.

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