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Letitia James Backs NYC Vaccine Mandate — and Wants a Statewide Mask Requirement

by JOSHUA CAPLAN

New York Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Letitia James (D) endorsed New York City Bill de Blasio’s plan to impose a coronavirus vaccine mandate for all employees of private companies, while seemingly lamenting what she characterized as the lack of further action by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to combat the pandemic.

“I support a vaccine mandate with a testing option, but why are we still doing this piecemeal? A mandate alone won’t get us out of the crisis particularly when it’s implemented without input from employees and employers,” James said in a Monday statement through her campaign. “Science tells us we need everyone to wear a mask in public settings; accessible at-home testing’ and real public health outreach to our communities. This cannot be done municipality by municipality. New York state must finally lead.”…


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