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For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday
The Associated Press ^ | December 9, 2021 | By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MAE ANDERSON

Posted on 12/09/2021 10:27:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

NEW YORK (AP) — A surprise year-end decree by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all businesses in his city to get workers vaccinated has sowed confusion and frustration — and could set off a mad holiday dash to force vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs.

Tens of thousands of unvaccinated New Yorkers and their employers are now thrust into an unwelcome reckoning over the mandate, set to go into effect two days after Christmas.

Francisco Marte, who employs 16 people at three bodegas across the Bronx, is in a precarious position: Force the shots on his few unvaccinated workers, or fire them.

“It’s going to be hard to force them to do it,” said Marte, who voiced defiance should the city follow through with the edict. “I’m not going to lose a good employee because of de Blasio’s orders.”

Like many business owners, he was taken by surprise by the mayor’s announcement Monday that the city would require an additional 184,000 businesses, from nail salons to big Wall Street firms, to join restaurants, bars, theaters and other public establishments in requiring vaccines for workers as a condition of employment.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deblasio; mandate; marxism; newyork; nyc

1 posted on 12/09/2021 10:27:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ignore that Ahole and live your lives people

He’s gone in a couple of weeks


2 posted on 12/09/2021 10:29:28 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
FBdB. FJB Let's Go brandon!
3 posted on 12/09/2021 10:34:12 AM PST by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
is in a precarious position: Force the shots on his few unvaccinated workers, or fire them.

Or he could ignore the mandate.

If everyone just ignored it, what could they do?

4 posted on 12/09/2021 10:36:02 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ignore it.


5 posted on 12/09/2021 10:38:05 AM PST by nonliberal (Trump 2024. Burn it down.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now that De Blasio destroyed NYC, watch this jerk move to Florida.
6 posted on 12/09/2021 10:39:48 AM PST by conservative98
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

except... this order has been blocked by a judge. the remainder are simply not complying.

In essence, a non-story.


7 posted on 12/09/2021 10:54:01 AM PST by jimjohn (...like Donkey Kong.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Judge has blocked it temporarily


8 posted on 12/09/2021 10:54:05 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434; jimjohn

As I recall, a judge blocked the October mandate on businesses over 100 employees. This new mandate on ALL businesses in NYC will likely be shot down in court, but I think it’s still pending.

It’s hard to keep up with all these marxist mandates.


9 posted on 12/09/2021 10:58:36 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: qam1

They’ll keep a running fine per each day until show proof when all employees were vaxed.

Don’t show it and rack up enough unpaid fines? They’ll send in the jackboots to evict you and seize whatever they can


10 posted on 12/09/2021 11:39:46 AM PST by varyouga
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

that was before- i think a new judge blocked the small private business mandates now too- but i coudl be mistaken- pretty sure i read it though- but then again, my old brain aint what it used to be-


11 posted on 12/09/2021 9:25:08 PM PST by Bob434
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