For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MAE ANDERSON
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A surprise year-end decree by Mayor Bill de Blasio that orders virtually all businesses to get workers vaccinated is forcing vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs. The mandate will take effect Dec. 27, with workers needing to provide proof they have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Workers at businesses from from nail salons to big Wall Street firms would not be able to opt out with COVID-19 testing. Legal challenges were being readied soon after the mayor announced the new measures. Even though the mandate is set to go into effect two days after Christmas, the city has not yet released details about how businesses will submit proof of employee compliance.