Thu Nov 25, 2021 – 6:26 pm EST
NEW YORK (LifeSiteNews) – The outgoing Democrat mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, is demanding that the state’s governor institute a COVID jab mandate to ride the city subway, as well as for transit workers.
“We know vaccine mandates work — New York City is proof of that. Now let’s go even further. I’m urging @GovKathyHochul to institute an MTA vaccine mandate. Let’s do what we can to keep our city, our residents, and our workforce safe,” tweeted de Blasio Tuesday.
The mayor’s tweet came the same day as he told reporters that MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) workers need to be “vaccinated for the safety of each other and their families, their communities, for the safety of the passengers.”
De Blasio then boasted that the same tactic “worked” for the “New York City workforce,” so “it can work for the MTA as well.”
The president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, Tony Utano, came out against de Blasio’s heavy-handed jab demand.
“The MTA’s unionized workforce, and millions of transit riders, are grateful this Thanksgiving that Mayor de Blasio does not run the subway and bus system — and is finally heading out the door,” said Utano. “The current system in which transit workers have a choice to be vaccinated or be
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