Four New York City firefighters have been suspended after driving their truck to a state senator's office while on duty, asking for the politician's home address and telling him the city would have 'blood on its hands' over the city's vaccine mandate.
Members of the FDNY and NYPD are required to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine shot by 5 p.m. Friday or they will be placed on unpaid leave.Four New York City firefighters have been suspended after driving their truck to a state senator's office while on duty, asking for the politician's home address and telling him the city would have"blood on its hands" over the city's vaccine mandate.
"I think it is highly inappropriate," Myrie, a Democrat, said in an interview with New York ABC station WABC."It is incredibly disturbing that those entrusted with keeping us safe would be on duty, protesting a vaccine mandate that had nothing to do with a state elected official. ... My staff is rattled, they're shaken up by it. And frankly, I am upset that we're even having this conversation.
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