70 FDNY Firefighters To Be Fired By End Of Week Over Vaccine Status: Union

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Seventy New York City firefighters will be fired if they don’t hurry up and get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the week.

The city has finally denied the firefighters’ requests for medical and religious exemptions, which had been pending since last November.

Andrew Ansbro, the president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, said Thursday that those members now have a big decision to make.

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