Posted on 11/02/2021 11:12:33 PM PDT by blueplum
(CNN)About 9,000 of New York City's 378,000 municipal employees were on leave without pay as of Monday because they haven't complied with a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city workers, the mayor said Monday...
...The number of city employees on leave appears to be less than 3% of the municipal workforce. About 12,000 other employees, meanwhile, have applied for a religious or medical exemption, and can continue to work at least until their case is decided, de Blasio has said....
...When the number of employees who have requested exemptions is factored in, the percentage of the department eligible to continue working is about 96% or 97%, Shea told NY1.
While the number of uniformed officers on unpaid leave rose from 34 on Monday to 89 on Tuesday, this will not have an impact on public safety, Shea said....
...Nigro, the FDNY commissioner, said at a news conference Monday that 18 fire units were out of service out of 350, though no firehouses had closed....
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And it's way better than March 2020 figures when about 15% of police were calling in sick with covid (about 5,600).( Since then 60 have passed away.)
What is good news?
That tyranny runs amok in NYC?
The statist media is so cute pointing out “only” 2% here or “only” 500 people there. Given our hollowed-out economy including legitimate Govt functions like cops, fire and interstate transportation, what do you think happens when even 1% of labor capacity is removed? The Bidinflation is what happens.
“unpaid leave”
what chickenshite!
The tyrants are writing checks their asses can’t cash.
I’d say it’s good news for the NYers who were frightened by headlines into thinking there’d be no police protection at all and it’d be a criminal free-for-all.
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