New York City’s Mayor-Elect to Keep Private Employer Vaccine Mandate in Place

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks during a press conference in New York City on Dec. 15, 2021. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

The next mayor of New York City said Thursday he’s not going to roll back a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private workers.

“We are going to keep that in place,” Mayor-elect Eric Adams, a Democrat, told reporters during a press conference.