8/18/2023 0 Comments Cuomo press conference today live![]() ![]() That person has an added responsibility of not transmitting the virus and I don’t have a problem as an employer saying that.” “You have a public-facing person, who by definition the public must be exposed to. “There will be push back and I’m hoping to have more conversations with the unions about it, but we know what we’re dealing with,” Gov. “We’re taking that position for public employees, in the hospitals that are front-facing, we’re mandating vaccinations. “We’re saying, in the state hospitals, where the state is the employer, the frontline workers must be vaccinated, period,” Gov. Department of Justice recently released a memo that let employers mandate COVID-19 vaccination. ![]() NYS will require patient-facing healthcare workers at State hospitals to get vaccinated to help keep both patients and workers safe.- Andrew Cuomo July 28, 2021 Our healthcare workers carried us through this pandemic-and we owe it to them to do what we can to keep Delta under control. That is a point of contact that could be a serious spreading event and we want to make sure those health care workers are vaccinated - period.” There will be no testing option for patient-facing health care workers. “So in New York, and in our state hospitals, all patient-facing health care workers must get vaccinated. “I think we need dramatic action to get control of this situation,” Gov. The governor announced a similar vaccine mandate for patient-facing health care workers at state hospitals, but without a testing option. But it’s critical that districts come up with plans to make testing available on site and at no cost.” We would support local efforts to encourage more vaccinations, like through programs that require that those who are not vaccinated get tested on a regular basis. “We have advocated since the beginning of the year that any educator who wants a vaccine should have easy access to one. A spokesperson from New York State United Teachers released the following statement Wednesday regarding vaccination:
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