De Blasio: Less Than 6% Of New York City Workforce Placed On Unpaid Leave Under Vaccine Mandate Mayor Bill de Blasio said 91% of the city's more than 300,000 employees are vaccinated. That leaves about 9,000 unvaccinated workers who were put on unpaid leave. reanderson13 CBS New York

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About 12,000 unvaccinated people have applied for medical or religious exemptions. In the meantime, they are working and being tested.

By department, NYPD was at 85% vaccinated, Department of Sanitation was at 83% and FDNY reported 81%.

FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the mandate will not impact response times, but is causing short-staffing.  ...