November 1, 2021

Vax Mandates Imperil New York City

Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio is jeopardizing the safety of his city.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has made the same grave error as Chicago’s Lori Lightfoot by forcing a vaccine mandate on city workers. This includes fire departments, police departments, and other emergency services like EMS.

This is especially bad new for the New York City Fire Department, which stands to lose a little over one-third of its overall man power and 20% of its fire companies. The loss of these firefighters would significantly increase the amount of time it takes to respond to a fire. That’s the difference between only a room burning versus an entire house. It’s a life and death calculation.

For those firefighters who did get the vaccine, it’s just as much of a punishment. Due to the shortage stemming from dictatorial policy, any time off that was planned after November 1 is canceled with consequences if the firefighters proceed with their vacations. The New York City Fire Department is also reportedly forcing the firefighters to work overtime. As one of them pointed out, “That means we’ll lose another 10% who get injured or sick from 80-hour work weeks.”

Last week, New York City workers held a protest march organized by the fire department. But Mayor de Blasio isn’t worried. He bloviated: “Well, the vast majority of human beings go to work to get paid. And also, I think for a lot of our first responders, there’s a calling. They believe in the work. They care about the work.” In other words, it’s a Hobson’s choice. They’ll be coerced into going because they need a paycheck and because they don’t have the heart to leave.

The New York Police Department also is facing a substantial loss in personnel due to the vaccine mandates — at least a quarter of the force. Some precincts though stand to lose half their staff. One source told the New York Post, “A possible scenario for Sunday night is [unvaccinated] cops at the Halloween detail will turn into pumpkins at midnight and have to walk away from their assignments.”

Both the police and fire departments are struggling to make contingency plans to protect the city in the face of these staffing losses.

Vaccine mandates are exacerbating problems all across the country. They’re diminishing our healthcare workers. They’re also destroying businesses, most notably Southwest Airlines, which has lost pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers to sick-ins. As of October 21, Southwest Airlines is not planning on firing its frustrated workers who refuse to get vaccinated even though the airline is a government contractor.

This war against the unvaxxed is stripping away essential workers who, all last year, were lauded as the heroes. Mayors Lightfoot and de Blasio are playing a dangerous and manipulative game. They have decided to use the lives and safety of their constituents as leverage to force first responders, city workers, and healthcare providers to comply with the vaccine mandates. This is not freedom but outright tyranny.

Who We Are

The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland — as opposed to the MSM’s ubiquitous Beltway echo chambers — for grassroots leaders nationwide. More

What We Offer

On the Web

We provide solid conservative perspective on the most important issues, including analysis, opinion columns, headline summaries, memes, cartoons and much more.

Via Email

Choose our full-length Digest or our quick-reading Snapshot for a summary of important news. We also offer Cartoons & Memes on Monday and Alexander’s column on Wednesday.

Our Mission

The Patriot Post is steadfast in our mission to extend the endowment of Liberty to the next generation by advocating for individual rights and responsibilities, supporting the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and promoting free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values. We are a rock-solid conservative touchstone for the expanding ranks of grassroots Americans Patriots from all walks of life. Our mission and operation budgets are not financed by any political or special interest groups, and to protect our editorial integrity, we accept no advertising. We are sustained solely by you. Please support The Patriot Fund today!


The Patriot Post and Patriot Foundation Trust, in keeping with our Military Mission of Service to our uniformed service members and veterans, are proud to support and promote the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, both the Honoring the Sacrifice and Warrior Freedom Service Dogs aiding wounded veterans, the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, the Folds of Honor outreach, and Officer Christian Fellowship, the Air University Foundation, and Naval War College Foundation, and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

★ PUBLIUS ★

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” —George Washington

Please join us in prayer for our nation — that righteous leaders would rise and prevail and we would be united as Americans. Pray also for the protection of our Military Patriots, Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Please lift up your Patriot team and our mission to support and defend our Republic's Founding Principle of Liberty, that the fires of freedom would be ignited in the hearts and minds of our countrymen.

The Patriot Post is protected speech, as enumerated in the First Amendment and enforced by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, in accordance with the endowed and unalienable Rights of All Mankind.

Copyright © 2024 The Patriot Post. All Rights Reserved.

The Patriot Post does not support Internet Explorer. We recommend installing the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.