May 24, 2024

NYC correction officers refusing to get COVID shots despite looming mandate, sparking fear of Rikers ‘catastrophe’

Meantime, Mayor de Blasio’s vaccination mandate for the DOC is set to take effect on Dec. 1, sparking fears that thousands of the department’s roughly 8,500 correction officers could be suspended at a time when Rikers is already in a state of crisis due to a toxic combination of inmate overcrowding, staffing shortages and violence.

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