A suggestion by the chair of the City Council's Committee on Hospitals July 21 that Mayor de Blasio's just-announced plan to have municipal hospital workers and Health Department employees either be vaccinated or submit to weekly testing for the coronavirus starting Aug. 2 be applied to all city workers drew vociferous objections from several uniformed-union leaders.
Council Member Carlina Rivera, who is reportedly seeking to become Speaker next January, said of the new policy, "If this effort is successful, we should seriously look at similar rules and mandates for all municipal workers. "If health-care workers and CUNY students have to take serious precautions and ultimately be vaccinated, far more New Yorkers should be able to follow the same rules."
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