NYC Workers and First Responders Gather to Protest Vaccine Mandate


From the story: City workers took to the streets Monday to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate for the entire municipal workforce. At least 15 people were arrested during the protest, a police source said. Days after the mayor announced that all government employees except for jail staff will need to receive a vaccine shot by Friday or be placed on unpaid leave, about 5,000 incensed demonstrators marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan (New York Post). https://nypost.com/2021/10/25/we-will-not-comply-nyc-workers-protest-vax-mandate-with-march-across-brooklyn-bridge/ From National Review: Many participants, especially fire fighters, wore their uniforms and respective department insignias and marched together in clusters, chanting anti-mandate slogans (National Review). Meanwhile, the New York City police union filed a lawsuit against the mandate (Axios).