NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Under an upcoming mandate, all NYPD members will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or be tested weekly, if they want to work.
The NYPD confirmed the vaccine requirement to 1010 WINS on Thursday.
The mandate begins Monday, coinciding with the start of public school in the city. It also comes as less than half of the NYPD’s 35,000 uniformed officers and 18,000 civilian personnel are vaccinated.
Under the mandate, any NYPD member who refuses to get their first dose of a COVID vaccine, or instead provide weekly proof of a COVID test, cannot work and won’t be paid.
The mandate goes even further, stating that any testing must be done outside of a member’s eight-hour shift on their personal time.
That point is what the NYPD’s largest union, the Police Benevolent Association, seems to be objecting to most.
In a letter to members Wednesday night, PBA president Patrick Lynch insisted that any member of the department getting a test on personal time should be paid overtime and reimbursed for the expenses of the test.
Lynch went on to say that the PBA will “immediately pursue an improper practice petition and/or grievance with the Board of Collective Bargaining.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in July that New York City would require all municipal workers to get vaccinated by Sept. 13 or face weekly COVID-19 testing. “It means all city agencies,” the mayor said at the time.
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