With the coronavirus-vaccine mandate deadline less than 30 hours away, a thousand boisterous firefighters and their supporters converged on Gracie Mansion Oct. 28 to protest the requirement, demanding that inoculation remain a personal choice, with regular virus testing as a continued alternative.
"The New York City Firefighters take COVID seriously," International Association of Firefighters President Edward Kelly told the throng, which extended a full city block. "At the height of the pandemic, when we didn't know what this virus could do to us or if we could bring it home to our families the New York City firefighters answered every single call the same way they have for hundreds of years."
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