Article content Mayor de Blasio’s announcement, which imposes a vaccine mandate on more than 300,000 municipal workers, comes a week after the city passed a vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers at city-run hospitals and clinics. Citywide, about 59% of the population is vaccinated against COVID-19. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or New York issues vaccine mandate for city workers to fight Delta variant Back to video “It is about protecting the workforce, their health and safety and the people they serve,” de Blasio told reporters on Monday. The city’s mandate comes as federal and local officials are sounding the alarm about a rise in COVID-19 cases and racing to get infections under control before the start of the school year.