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The numbers underscore the toll the coronavirus is taking on staffing amid a battle over the city mandate that employees receive vaccinations
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NYC officials said service disruption has been minimal across agencies despite the lingering protests over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Captain Merrill Bone had served the Salt Lake City Fire Department, the United Fire Authority and the Utah Task Force 1 team
Currently, 77% of the FDNY is vaccinated; 72% percent of firefighters are vaccinated, while EMTs stand at 84%
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The Ladder 113 members, who were on duty at the time, drove the ladder truck to the state senator’s office in Brooklyn
Cpl. Jerimiah Hoffstatter, a nine-year fire service veteran, was terminated following an administrative investigation
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Mayor de Blasio says the city’s agencies, like FDNY and NYPD, are prepared to deal with potential staff shortages
U.S. District Judge John Lee, who plans to rule on the issue Friday, questioned why disclosure of vaccination status was a constitutional issue
A request for an injunction would prevent the city from requiring workers to disclose their vaccination status or be disciplined for not being vaccinated
Marshall Grant Brookfield was hospitalized for more than two weeks in the ICU before he died
The union representing Orange County’s Stephen Davis said the employees were mistakenly identified as unvaccinated or hadn’t gotten in exemption requests
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