Nearly 3,000 New York City workers could be about to get fired for not being vaccinated

Several thousand New York City public workers could lose their jobs Friday if they don't show that they've complied with the city's mandate requiring they receive at least two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Representing about 1% of the 370,000-person city workforce, including teachers, firefighters and police officers, the mass firings will mark a new line in the sand for the nation's largest city, which has imposed some of the most sweeping vaccine mandates in the country.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, speaking about the looming firings at a news conference last week, noted that city workers have largely complied with the mandate.