New York State Assembly Introduces Bill Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine

A nurse practitioner administers a vaccine to a woman at a CVS pharmacy in Key Biscayne, Fla., on Sept. 3, 2020. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

New Yorkers will no longer get to decide if they will receive a COVID-19 vaccine if a bill calling for a mandatory vaccine gets approved.

New York State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat who represents New York’s 67th Assembly District, quietly introduced a bill on Dec. 4 that would require “COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in accordance with the department of health’s COVID-19 vaccination administration program and mandates vaccination in certain situations.”