Mayor Bill de Blasio called for the state to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility yet again to include city workers like sanitation workers, lifeguards and courtroom employees — as he also demanded more doses for New York City. “I am calling on the state of New York to update eligibility once again,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing. “There are folks who need to be included.”
De Blasio also said eligibility should be extended to jurors, Board of Elections workers, NYCHA “frontline staff,” “business and job center staff,” building, housing and health inspectors and other essential workers. “Our sanitation workers who have been heroes just did an amazing job during the snowstorm. We depend on them. We need them to be healthy. They should be included,” de Blasio said.