NYC Police Unions Say They Will Take Legal Action to Oppose Vaccine Mandate for City Workers

NYC Police Unions Say They Will Take Legal Action to Oppose Vaccine Mandate for City Workers
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch speaks to reporters after Demetrius Blackwell's arraignment in Queens criminal court in New York on June 11, 2015. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo
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After Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement of a vaccine mandate for city workers, police union heads say they will take legal actions to oppose the mandate and protect the rights of their employees.

On Wednesday, de Blasio said any city worker who is not vaccinated with at least the first dose of the vaccine by 5 p.m. on Oct. 29 will be put on unpaid leave, prompting police unions to fight back.

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