In this representation taken from video, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a virtual property conference, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, successful New York. Multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant person been detected successful New York, wellness officials said Thursday, including a antheral who attended an anime normal successful Manhattan successful precocious November and tested affirmative for the variant erstwhile helium returned location to Minnesota. (AP Photo) (Uncredited, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

NEW YORK – New York City employers volition person to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers nether caller rules announced Monday by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The vaccine mandate for backstage businesses volition instrumentality effect Dec. 27 and is aimed astatine preventing a spike successful COVID-19 infections during the vacation play and the colder months, the Democratic politician said connected MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”

“We successful New York City person decided to usage a preemptive onslaught to truly bash thing bold to halt the further maturation of COVID and the dangers it’s causing to each of us,” de Blasio said. “All private-sector employers successful New York City volition beryllium covered by this vaccine mandate arsenic of Dec. 27.”

Vaccinations are already required for infirmary and nursing location workers and metropolis employees including teachers, constabulary officers and firefighters. A vaccination mandate for employees of backstage and spiritual schools was announced past week.

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The metropolis was moving to enforce the mandate connected backstage assemblage businesses adjacent arsenic national courts person temporarily blocked an effort by President Joe Biden to bash the aforesaid nationally for larger companies.

De Blasio said helium expects the caller mandate to past immoderate ineligible challenges. A spokesperson for the politician said the backstage assemblage mandate volition use to astir 184,000 businesses.

Current New York City COVID-19 rules besides see astatine slightest 1 vaccine dose for indoor edifice dining, amusement venues and fittingness centers. Under caller mandates for indoor dining, amusement and gyms, 2 shots volition beryllium required for radical implicit 12. One changeable volition beryllium required for children aged 5 to 11, who are not covered by the existent mandate, de Blasio said.

De Blasio, who volition permission bureau astatine the extremity of the period and has indicated helium whitethorn question the Democratic information for politician of New York adjacent year, has sought to represent himself arsenic a nationalist person successful the combat against COVID-19.

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Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of Long Island, who is seeking the GOP information for governor, called the recently announced vaccine request a “job killing, tiny business-suppressing mandate.”

“When you dangerously harvester a far-left, lame duck politician, who is anti-business, one-dimensional, unaccountable, not agleam and has a perpetual ‘I ever cognize best’ attitude,' you get Bill de Blasio, the Worst Mayor successful America,” Zeldin said successful a statement.

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This communicative has been corrected to bespeak that the deadline for the mandate is Dec. 27.

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