NYC Municipal Workers Face Friday Evening Deadline To Get Vaccinated

City workers who don't prove they've received at least one dose of a vaccine by 5 p.m. will be placed on unpaid leave Monday.

Mounting trash. Closed firehouses. Fewer police and ambulances on the street.

That's the possibility New York City is bracing for come Monday as a COVID-19 vaccine mandate looms and thousands of municipal workers remain unwilling to get the shots.

Police officers, firefighters, garbage collectors and most other city workers face a 5 p.m. Friday deadline to show proof they’ve gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.