New York City Tries New Approach: Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers
The New York Times
As coronavirus cases — and breakthrough infections — surge in the city because of the Omicron variant, some employers said a sweeping new vaccine mandate was the least of their concerns.
With President Biden’s vaccination mandate for large companies in Supreme Court limbo, and the Omicron variant filling hospitals to bursting, New York City is pioneering a new approach to pandemic management.
On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate for private businesses went into effect, a requirement that his administration says is the most sweeping in the nation and among the most ambitious in the world.
Austria is instituting a mandate for its entire adult population, and France is requiring certain employees to work from home. But some of the most expansive efforts in the United States, such as a push to require vaccinations of Los Angeles schoolchildren, have run into roadblocks amid a lack of compliance.
