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In this Oct. 5, 2020, file photo, New York Police Department officers in masks stand during a service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York to honor 46 colleagues who have died due to COVID-19 related illness. As of Oct. 28, leaders of five police unions said there are approximately 10,000 unvaccinated officers — almost a third of the 36,000-strong New York Police Department — who will not be allowed to work on Monday unless they apply for a religious or medical exemption from the mandate. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Unions: Mayor’s vaccine mandate will sideline 10,000 NYC cops Monday

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 5, 2020, photo, New York Police Department officers in masks stand during a service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York to honor 46 colleagues who have died due to COVID-19 related illness. New York City will require police officers, firefighters and other municipal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, giving an ultimatum to public employees who’ve refused and ensuring a fight with some of the unions representing them. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

NYC’s largest police union sues de Blasio over vaccine mandate

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his remarks in Times Square after he toured the grand opening of a Broadway COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city's entertainment industry, in New York, in this Monday, April 12, 2021, file photo. New York City will require police officers, firefighters and other municipal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, de Blasio said Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, giving an ultimatum to public employees who've refused and ensuring a fight with some of the unions representing them. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Mayor Bill de Blasio extends vaccine mandate to all NYC workers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Security personnel ask customers for proof of vaccination as they enter City Winery, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that later this month the city will begin requiring anyone dining indoors at a restaurant, working out a gym or grabbing cocktails at a bar to show proof they've been inoculated. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Restaurants, gyms sue NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 30, 2020, file photo, Waiter Lenworth Thompson serves lunch to David Zennario, left, and Alex Ecklin at Junior's Restaurant in New York. New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone who wants to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a performance or go to the gym, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday, Aug. 3, making it the first big city in the U.S. to impose such restrictions. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NYC to require COVID-19 vaccine proof for indoor dining, gyms, performances

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Carlos Santana. (Associated Press)

Santana, LL Cool J, Manilow join Central Park concert lineup

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In this Monday, April 12, 2021, file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers remarks in Times Square after he toured the grand opening of a Broadway COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city's entertainment industry, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

Mayor Bill de Blasio: All NYC workers must be vaccinated or tested by mid-September

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A sign at a pharmacy in a grocery store in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, on Sunday, July 18, 2021, informs customers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is in stock and walk-in coronavirus vaccinations are available. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

‘The nation depends on it’: COVID-19 vaccination drive replaces giveaways with arm-twisting

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this file photo from May 13, 2021, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio uses a press conference to tout a plan to give citizens free burgers if they get a COVID-19 vaccination. While other large cities like Los Angeles have reinstituted or are considering reinstating mask mandates, Mr. de Blasio opposes such a move, instead focusing on getting more New Yorkers fully vaccinated. (Image: NBC-4 New York live stream feed) **FILE**

De Blasio bucks mask mandate as COVID-19 cases rise

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this file photo from May 13, 2021, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio uses a press conference to tout a plan to give citizens free burgers if they get a COVID-19 vaccination. While other large cities like Los Angeles have reinstituted or are considering reinstating mask mandates, Mr. de Blasio opposes such a move, instead focusing on getting more New Yorkers fully vaccinated. (Image: NBC-4 New York live stream feed) **FILE**

Bill de Blasio pitches free burgers, fries with COVID-19 shot: ‘Mmmm, Vaccination. Mmmm’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE — In this March 29, 2021, file photo, a health care worker steps out of a mobile vaccination van parked on a street corner in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, in New York. New York City hopes to begin offering coronavirus inoculations to tourists by stationing vaccination vans in Times Square and other visitor-heavy spots, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

New York City aims to offer virus vaccinations to tourists

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In this Monday, April 12, 2021, file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers remarks in Times Square after he toured the grand opening of a Broadway COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city's entertainment industry, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

De Blasio says New York City will ‘fully reopen’ by July 1

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

People enjoy a sunny day in Times Square in New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. After the virus descended on New York, the only sounds in the streets were wailing ambulance sirens. A year after the pandemic began, the nation’s largest metropolis -- with a lifeblood based on round-the-clock hustle and bustle, push and pull -- is adapting and showing new life. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York City launches push to vaccinate theater workers

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a commemoration ceremony to remember New Yorkers lost during the Covid-19 pandemic Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Brooklyn, NY. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen).

80K NYC municipal workers returning to office starting May 3

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NYC mayor names panel to examine structural racism in city

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Students in teacher Christopher Duggan's science class clean their work areas at the end of class at Windsor Locks High School in Windsor Locks, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Bill de Blasio, Democrats buck teachers unions after CDC school social distancing decision

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, students arrive with their guardians for in-person classes at Public School 188 in New York. New York City public school students will get another chance to go back to school in-person this spring after federal authorities eased their guidance on how many children can safely fit in a classroom. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

NYC gives families new chance to choose in-person school

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

De Blasio gets vaccinated, blasts Cuomo on pandemic rules

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Queens DA moves to drop 700 sex work-related prosecutions

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press