Last year, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a COVID vaccine mandate for private sector employers, which covered athletes and performers.
Irving would"rejoin the team for games and practices in which he is eligible to participate." Since January, the point guard had played in away games.
"With today's announcement, we support the Mayor's determination that the old rules treating hometown and visiting players differently no longer made sense, particularly because NBA players will continue to test daily," the NBA and NPA said in aThursday."We applaud the mayor for listening to the concerns of our New York teams, players, fans and communities and for leveling the playing field for home teams and their opponents.
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