“That’s going to take lots of regulation and lots of reporting, and it’s simply not mandatory,” Mr. Durst mentioned.
Randy Friends, the president and chief govt of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, mentioned the mandate would simply exacerbate present labor shortages and make it much more troublesome for employers to get well from the pandemic.
“Small companies throughout the board can’t discover staff and now, with this requirement, across the vacation time no much less, we’re going to principally pressure employers to let individuals go,” Mr. Friends mentioned.
However a minimum of one employer took the alternative tack and inspired Mr. Adams to proceed the mandate as soon as he takes workplace.
Scott Rechler, the chief govt of RXR Realty, touted his personal firm’s profitable vaccination mandate as proof that the method works.
“The vaccine has confirmed to be our greatest line of protection that permits us to soundly coexist and transfer ahead with out the lack of life and livelihood,” he mentioned. “We mandated it for our groups in any respect of our improvement websites again in September for that motive. Initially, there have been some people who have been towards it, however they in the end got here round.”
No matter Mr. Adams’s ideas on the matter, the timing of Mr. de Blasio’s announcement means that the choice will, in the long run, be in Mr. Adams’s fingers.
“These are choices, I feel, in the previous few days of a mayoralty that basically, is the accountability of our incoming mayor,” mentioned Max Rose, the previous congressman who represented Staten Island and components of Brooklyn and on Monday introduced a comeback bid.
Katie Glueck contributed reporting.