NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- About 28,000 New York City Department of Education employees are reportedly still unvaccinated with less than a week until its mandate goes into effect.
About 78% of all DOE employees have gotten at least a single shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to schools officials. That means around 28,600 remain without the shot so far, the New York Post reported.
The latest numbers for city teachers are a bit higher — reportedly sitting at 87% who have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine — meaning about 10,000 are unvaccinated.
DOE employees have until Sept. 27 to get vaccinated. Those without an approved exemption either can take a year of unpaid leave or receive severance and leave the department.
The DOE did not say how many teachers have applied or will receive exemptions, but a source told the Post that only some accommodations have been green-lighted.
With just days until the mandate takes effect, Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter still feels confident they’ll be in a good place in terms of the number of employees in their schools.
“We hired 5,200 new teachers, larger than we've hired in past years. And so, we feel confident we will be staffed,” said Porter at a news briefing Monday.
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