NEW YORK (AP) Some of the nation’s most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine mandates are set to take effect Monday in New York, amid resistance to some shots, except in hospitals and nursing homes and schools in New York City, across the state. Potential staff shortage. Many health care workers, including support staff such as cleaners, have not yet received the necessary first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine before the September 27 deadline. That’s the deadline for teachers and school staff in New York City to prove they’ve had at least one shot.
That left the prospect of potentially laying off thousands of health care workers and teachers from their jobs next week. Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio showed no signs of backing down, despite calls from unions and administrators to delay the mandate.
Democrat Hochul said Thursday that everyone who is in your care has a right to know that they are unlikely to be infected by the person in charge of protecting them and their health. Hospitals and nursing homes were preparing contingency plans that included cutting back on elective surgeries and stopping maternity services in a hospital. Nursing homes were limiting admissions. The state’s largest health care provider, Northwell Health, was keeping thousands of volunteers on standby.
We would like to see some more time to be able to follow and implement the vaccine mandate, because at the end of the day this is a situation where we are very concerned about our ability to care for patients, Tom Quattroche , said CEO of Erie County Medical Center Corporation, which operates a busy 573-bed hospital in Buffalo. It estimates that about 10% of its workforce, or 400 staff members, may still be uninvolved on Monday. As part of a contingency plan, the hospital said it would suspend elective inpatient surgery, temporarily stop accepting ICU transfers from other institutions and reduce hours in clinics.
New York isn’t the only state that requires health care workers to get vaccinated. But it has been particularly aggressive in pushing for widespread vaccination to help limit the spread of the virus. The mayor and governor said activists have plenty of time to take shots. A mandate for the state’s health care workers was announced this summer. New York City announced in July that its teachers would either be vaccinated or tested for COVID-19 weekly, but then canceled the test-out option in August.
While most school workers have been vaccinated, as of Thursday prompting about 90 percent of teachers, unions representing New York City’s principals and teachers warned that more than 10,000 teachers, along with other staff, will have over 1 million students. Can still leave the school system. Like cafeteria workers and school police officers. Those who do not provide proof of the shot by the end of Monday will not be allowed to return to classes on Tuesday, leaving principals overnight to make sure they have enough options, teachers warned.
Unions said Tuesday that while they have encouraged everyone to get vaccinated, some schools could have an alarmingly low workforce on Tuesday. He pleaded with the mayor to delay the mandate after a judge refused to stop the rule. We care for you Very, very concerned,” said Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers.
Mark Cannizzaro, president of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, said some schools have more than 100 staff members who are not complying. De Blasio insists the city is ready.
We are all planning. We have a lot of options ready, the Democrat said in a radio interview on Friday. A lot is going to happen between now and Monday but beyond that we are ready, even if we need thousands, we have thousands. The mandate for health care workers comes as hospitals already grapple with staff shortages due to rising demand, workers retiring and exhausted workers looking for other jobs 18 months after the pandemic.
There is an option for health care workers who do not want to get the shot, which is to apply for a religious exemption. He will purchase them until at least October 12, while a federal judge is considering a legal challenge arguing that such exemptions are constitutionally required. Meanwhile, a state judge in Albany agreed to set a Monday deadline for court staff to receive the first vaccine shots and will next week hear a debate on whether to extend the stay. The CSEA, which represents 5,800 workers, argued that the mandate should have been negotiated and not enforced unilaterally by the court system.
Earlier, another judge dismissed a last-minute effort Friday by seven health care workers and Republican Niagara County legislator John Syracuse to delay the health care mandate. With health care sticking to the order over time, Northwell Health was trying to persuade thousands of holdouts to get vaccinated, including in-person meetings with staff. The system’s chief of personnel, Maxine Carrington, said they are seeing a lot more appointments being scheduled.
I’ve had a personal conversation with members of my team, and one asked me: Are you sure you’re going to sack us on the 27th?’ And I said, let’s put this aside for a minute and talk about saving your life. Why don’t you want to get vaccinated? Carrington said. She said workers who refuse vaccination “will no longer be eligible for employment. (AP).
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