The New York City teacher and principal unions are pushing back against the upcoming deadline for Department of Education employees to comply with the city’s vaccination mandate, saying the mandate could lead to a potential staffing crisis next week with thousands of unvaccinated teachers and staff leaving.
As Mayor Bill de Blasio has doggedly pursued his goal of keeping the city’s 1,800 schools open for in-person learning, the DOE is under one of the city’s strictest policies. With few exceptions, nearly all DOE employees have been ordered to show proof that they’ve received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the day on Monday September 27th
