Vax mandate could force FDNY companies to close, as NYPD faces street cop shortage

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted Wednesday evening that 75 percent of the NYPD had been vaccinated. But that includes just 63 percent of street cops, with 37 percent — around 6,000 officers — still unvaccinated, sources said. One Manhattan cop said the expected results of benching patrol officers for ignoring the vaccine mandate were predictable. Mayor Bill de Blasio has mandated that all city workers get a COVID vaccine. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said the NYPD had a higher vaccination rate than the FDNY.