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Mets players applaud mayor's decision to lift NYC vaccine mandate for athletes

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mayor Eric Adams gained some critics with his controversial decision regarding New York City’s vaccine mandate. But he won’t find any of that backlash in the Mets clubhouse.

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Kyrie Irving Can Finally Play, but New York City's Vaccine Mandate Double Standard Remains

If the rules don't apply to everyone, they ought not apply to anyone.

Reason

NYC Mayor Adams lifts COVID vaccine mandates for performers, athletes: 'I must move this city forward'

NEW YORK — In one of his most controversial decisions to date, Mayor Eric Adams rolled back the COVID-19 mandate that prohibits unvaccinated professional athletes from playing home games in New York City — prompting some critics to point to the likelihood of more legal challenges and others to decry…

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NYC Mayor Announces Unvaccinated Athletes Can Now Play in Home Games

He said this was about “putting New York City-based performers on a level-playing field.”

Sports Illustrated

Unvaccinated athletes can play home games in New York

Mayor Eric Adams, speaking at Citi Field where the Mets play, said Thursday that he had signed the order. The exemption was effective immediately.

Chicago Sun-Times

NYC mayor allows unvaccinated athletes play home games

New York City’s mayor exempted athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate following weeks of pressure from the sports world after the rule kept Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving from playing in home games and was expected to block several baseball players from taking the field in their upcoming…

The Independent UK

SI:AM | Kyrie’s Return to Brooklyn Appears Imminent

There are major baseball implications, too.

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Andre Drummond missed last game due to after-effects of COVID-19 booster

Kristian Winfield: Andre Drummond missed the last game because he got his Covid booster shot and was feeling the effects. Source: Twitter @Krisplashed What's the buzz on Twitter? Joe Mullinax @ sbnGrizzlies Starting 5's for tonight's game: Nets: ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

New York City mayor to lift private sector vaccine mandate that kept Kyrie Irving out of home games

NEW YORK — Welcome home, Kyrie.

Tribune News Service

NBA star Kyrie Irving could be allowed to play as NYC exempts athletes from vaccine mandate

Irving will now be able to take the floor when the Nets play the Charlotte Hornets in Brooklyn on Sunday

The Independent UK

NYC to launch citywide doula program free to pregnant women

NEW YORK — New York will launch a citywide program to provide mothers with free access to doulas, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday, deploying a relatively small infantry of childbirth experts in high-need areas before expanding across the five boroughs.

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Play ball: NYC to let unvaccinated athletes play home games

New York city’s mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private workers, a move that will allow Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play home games and unvaccinated baseball players take the field when their season begins

The Independent UK

Report: Irving, Unvaccinated Yankees Could Play at Home As NYC Expected to Change Mandate

Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly considering lifting New York City’s vaccine mandate Thursday.

Sports Illustrated

How Dangerous Are the Nets on the Road With Kyrie Irving?

Despite all its season-long issues, Brooklyn’s road offense is historically great.

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“#NYCisBack!”: Ralph Lauren celebrates Big Apple in first show since the pandemic

Mayor Eric Adams rubs shoulders with celebrities as the fashion label pitches its latest line at a return to city living

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Mayor Adams to drop NYC school mask rule for kids younger than 5 on April 4

NEW YORK — As long as New York’s coronavirus infection risk remains low, toddlers won’t have to wear face masks in school starting next month, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday amid concerns that a new COVID-19 variant will cause cases to rise.

Sports Illustrated

NYC Mayor Addresses Vaccine Mandate As NBA Playoffs, MLB Opening Day Near

He said sports teams will have to wait their turn for the vaccine mandate to be loosened.

The Independent UK

NYC may lift rules requiring face masks for children under 5

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is preparing to lift requirements that children under age 5 wear face masks in school

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The Independent UK

New York City ends masks for all children in daycare and schools

New York’s governor ended the state’s mask mandates earlier this month

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot talks crime fighting strategy with New York City Mayor Eric Adams

During a joint news conference after a private meeting, Adams credited Lightfoot as a mayor who understands the need to focus simultaneously on “intervention and prevention.”

Tribune News Service

NYC’s new health czar makes case for maintaining mask mandate for young kids

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ newly minted health commissioner argued Friday that the city should indefinitely maintain its mask mandate for kids younger than 5 years old, striking a more cautious tone than his boss who recently signaled he wants to scrap the restriction sooner rather than later.

Reason

NYC Mayor Suggests Latest iPhone Is a Prerequisite for Civil Rights

Eric Adams says you may have to upgrade your phone if you want to record the police, because you'll need to do so from a distance.

The Independent UK

Everything we know about suspect in serial killings of homeless people in NYC and DC

‘In addition to all the dangers that unsheltered residents face, we now have a cold-blooded killer on the loose,’ New York and DC mayors say in joint statement

Tribune News Service

Mayor says New Yorkers who record police on phones need to keep their distance

NEW YORK — New Yorkers who use their cell phones to record police officers often get so close to the action they create a “dangerous environment,” Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday.

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New York City mayor signals willingness to scrap COVID vaccine rule for professional athletes: ‘We are going to work this out’

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams signaled Wednesday he may soon modify the city’s pandemic protocols so that unvaccinated professional athletes in the Big Apple can play home games again, opening the door to a major policy shift as the start of baseball season looms less than a month away.

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