Sources Tell CBS2 Dozens Of Sanitation Employees Provided Fake COVID Vaccine Cards After Mandate Took Effect
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Ninety-three percent of New York City employees are vaccinated, but now, two weeks after the mandate took effect, there’s word that dozens may have submitted fake vaccine cards.
Sunday trash pickup was never a thing in the city, but it has been for the last two weeks. Eighty-seven percent of sanitation workers are vaccinated and have had to pick up the slack for those who are not due to the city’s Nov. 1 mandate.
But Sunday night, a source from the Department of Sanitation told CBS2 at least 50 workers provided fake vaccine verification.
The source says multiple employees claimed to have received the Johnson & Johnson shot at CVS locations on Staten Island and in Brooklyn, but those locations were not administering the brand.
New Yorkers had mixed reactions to the reports.
“How can you get something fake? It’s not fair. You have to do the truth,” one person told CBS2’s Lisa Rozner.
“At the end of the day, if you have to pay rent, if you really need to get food on your table, then you gotta do what you gotta do,” Bronx resident Joel Espinosa said.
A DSNY spokesperson said the agency is “actively investigating the situation” and that “anyone found to have faked their vaccination will be suspended without pay.”
There are also allegations involving the FDNY.
The New York Post reports blank cards were stolen from vaccination sites administered by the department and forged.
The city’s Department of Investigation says: “DOI is aware of allegations involving the issuance of bogus vaccination cards and declines further comment.”
“I think it’s horrible. Like, just get the shot. But at the same time, I don’t blame them,” one person said.
The head of the Uniformed Firefighters Association told CBS2 no one notified him that anyone in the union was under investigation for possessing a fake vaccination card.
The unions for EMS workers and sanitation employees did not get back to us.
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November 15, 2021 at 07:44AM
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