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And bizarrely, it doesn't allow for a testing alternative, which has become standard practice for those individuals who can't or won't get vaccinated, that have to be in the workplace. most employers are accommodating them by doing regular, even daily testing to make sure that they are well and can be in the work workplace. that's not allowed. the other piece of this is requiring that children between 5 and 11 years old be vaccinated. this is particularly serious during the holiday season, whether it's for broadway or retail stores or for our cultural institutions. they have a lot of internati...

>> reporter: good evening. new york is now believed to be the first city to require vaccines for all workers and now children here as young as 5 must be vaccinated before any indoor dining or entertainment. the new york mayor today called his mandate requiring all private workers be fully vaccinated a preemptive strike against the cold weather and the few omicron variant. >> look, this is how we put health and safety first, by ensuring that there is a vaccine mandate that reaches everyone universally in the private sector. >> reporter: the mandate will affect 184,000 businesses but not apply t...

Cincinnati children's hospital. >> after jay got the shot, i was just completely relieved, you know, and we realized that even if we were to contract it, it would be very unlikely that we ulhave anythin eportenwle, deadline has passed for new york city municipal workers to prove they are at least partially vaccinated or face unpaid leave beginning monday. there is no option for a testing alternative. >despite some vocal opposition o the mandate, all but about 12% of city workers are at least partially vaccinated. but about 20% of the police department and nearly 30% of the fire department are ...

E.m.t.s and sanitation workers largely unmasked rallied out the mayor's official residence one day before the official deadline to get a covid shot or be placed on unpaid leave. >> members have choice about their health. >> reporter: all by 38,000 city workers are vaccinated but about a quarter of the police force and a third of firefighters are not. >> you can't force a vaccine on somebody, it should be a choice. >> reporter: six of the country's ten largest cities have or are planning vaccine mandates for municipal workers, of those, new york, l.a. l.a. and san diego do not have a testing al...

Him to say those words before the january 6 attack. >> and that full house vote on this doj referral is expected tomorrow. joyce vance -- or excuse me, barbara mcquade, good to have you with us. next, new york's mayor is taking the weekly testing alternative to covid-19 vaccine mandates off the table. and the need for a few thousand more truck drivers. ore. but we lose control. ♪ ♪ ♪ should i stay or should i go? ♪ and we need insights across our data silos, but how? ♪ if i go there will be trouble ♪ ♪ ♪ wait, we can stay and go. hpe greenlake is the platform that brings th...