NYC Mayor de Blasio urges Gov. Hochul to mandate COVID vaccine for MTA workers: 'It's time to do it'

Mayor de Blasio urged Gov. Hochul on Tuesday to mandate coronavirus shots for MTA employees as nearly one-third of the transit agency’s workforce remains unvaccinated despite signs that infections are ticking back up statewide.

Speaking during his daily morning briefing, de Blasio said his administration has shown that “mandates work,” with 94% of the city’s municipal workforce recorded as being at least partially vaccinated.

By contrast, the vaccination rate was as of last week just 69.5% for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which has allowed its workers to submit to weekly tests as an alternative to getting immunized.

Citing the MTA’s comparatively low rate, de Blasio said it’s high time for Hochul to follow his lead.

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