With some hospital systems across the city and state implementing mandatory coronavirus vaccinations as a condition of employment, several unions representing health-care workers strongly oppose their members being coerced into compliance.
Last month, New York Presbyterian became the first hospital system in the state to require the COVID vaccine for its 48,000 employees. Staffers who cannot receive the shots for religious or medical reasons must apply for an exemption. So far, about 70 percent of staffers have been inoculated, according to New York Presbyterian.
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