About 4.000 public sector employees in New York could be fired, because they did not get vaccinated against covid, which is mandatory in that city.
Among those who will be laid off are teachers, policemen, firefighters, and utility company workers.
Mandatory vaccination for public and private sector employees was prescribed by former mayor Bill de Blasio.
The deadline to fulfill that obligation passed on Friday, and those who have not been vaccinated will now lose their jobs.
"We have clearly said that public sector employees in New York must be vaccinated," said the current mayor of New York, Democrat Eric Adams.
Unions representing public sector employees have tried to fight the mandatory vaccination and have sued the city on multiple occasions, but to no avail.
Employees also protested against mandatory vaccination.
However, that rule is still valid despite the fact that the number of newly infected with the coronavirus is decreasing and many countries are lifting pandemic restrictions and mandatory vaccination.
It is estimated that about 95 percent of the 370.000 employees in the public sector have been vaccinated in New York.
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