NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- New Yorkers will be able to take time off of work to get COVID-19 vaccines under legislation signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday.
The bill signed by Cuomo Friday afternoon will allow public and private employees to take up to four hours of time off of work for each COVID-19 vaccine dose they receive.
The time workers take off will not be subtracted from their paid leave time, the governor noted in a press release.
“Our essential employees have been on the frontlines of this pandemic since day one, and as we begin to work toward a new normal in a post-pandemic world, it is critical that these employees are able to get vaccinated as quickly as possible to protect themselves and their families,” he said in a statement.
“This legislation will allow both public and private employees to take time off to get vaccinated without exhausting the leave they have earned, putting us one step closer to getting every single New Yorker vaccinated and defeating this virus once and for all,” he added.