At least 10,300 city workers thumbed their nose at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID-19 vaccine-mandate deadline Monday — refusing to get a jab or participating in a suspected sick-out even as Hizzoner says the requirement is crucial to keeping residents safe.
Officials said roughly 2,300 firefighters called out “sick,” more than double the usual 1,000, leaving 18 firehouses “temporarily out of service” and dozens more undermanned — although Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro insisted the department was still functioning “quite well.”
