New York City may end its school mask policy as early as next week, but some parents say vaccination rates aren't ready. JohnBDias reports:
Adams says he will not be relaxing vaccine mandates for workers.
"We are here right now opening our city because of vaccine mandates. We can't close down again, I can't have my city close down again," he said. "Our projections are that by the end of March, 50% of people will be back in the office working on the average workday," Kathryn Wylde, of Partnership for New York City, told CBS2.
Later Tuesday, the city's Independent Budget Office will release a report on how COVID impacted retention rates at public schools.
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