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“#Less than half of staff vaccinated at key NYC public agencies: data<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Fewer than half of all employees at key city public safety agencies and other departments that interact regularly with the public have gotten at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccination \u2014 a pace that lags far behind the Big App<\/a>le\u2019s overall average, figures obtained by The Post show. <\/p>\n

The Corrections, Police, Sanitation, Parks and Homeless Services departments as well as the Housing Authority all have vaccination rates below 50 percent, the data shows. <\/p>\n

The Fire Department has barely passed the halfway point with only 54 percent of its staff vaccinated. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, just 59 percent of the public school system\u2019s staff have been vaccinated so far \u2014 a tally that includes principals, teachers and support staff like janitors and secretaries. <\/p>\n

Overall, 70.7 percent of adult New Yorkers in the five boroughs have gotten at least one shot \u2014 a rate matched or exceeded by just nine of the 36 municipal agencies that City Hall has collected stats on.<\/p>\n

The City Planning Department is the most vaccinated in the city with 84 percent of its staff having received at least one shot.<\/p>\n

The vaccination data was dated July 22, which is the day that Mayor Bill de Blasio first imposed the vaccination or weekly test mandate on employees of the Big Apple\u2019s public hospital system and the Health Department\u2019s community health clinics. <\/p>\n

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Fewer than half of all employees at key city public safety agencies that interact regularly with the public have gotten at least one COVID-19 shot.<\/figcaption>
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He subsequently expanded the rule on Monday to cover all city employees and imposed an additional restriction on unvaccinated city staff, requiring them to wear masks while in the office.<\/p>\n

Officials cautioned the data provided to The Post only tallies city employees who received their vaccinations in New York City, meaning that it may undercount vaccinations at agencies where a large percentage of the workforce lives in the suburbs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s got to happen, the numbers show tremendous hesitancy and resistance and they\u2019re putting New Yorkers at risk,\u201d said Dr. Art Caplan, the head of the division of medical ethics at the New York University-Grossman School of Medicine. \u201cParticularly when you have first responders and people interacting with the public.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to act,\u201d he added. \u201cThe decision to go forward with mandates\u2026 it makes ethical sense and public health sense.\u201d <\/p>\n

City Hall did not immedia<\/a>tely respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

Most vaccinated departments:<\/p>\n