The Uniformed Firefighters Association published a list of FDNY stations that "have closed due to no manpower," and it includes six in Manhattan, nine in Brooklyn, three in Queens, four in the Bronx, and four in Staten Island.
On Friday, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro predicted that the effects of the closures could be catastrophic and "endanger the lives" of city residents.
A day later, Robert Resto, 7, was killed, and his 54-year-old grandmother was severely hurt after a deadly blaze engulfed their Washington Heights home around 1.30 am Saturday.
Although an FDNY spokesman explained to the FDNY that the firefighters' response time was not affected by the 10,951 firefighters who have yet to get vaccinated, only yesterday firefighters were reportedly calling out sick to avoid unpaid leave.
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"Is there a sickout?" Not to my knowledge, no," Andrew Ansbro of the Uniformed Firefighters Association announced.
The grandmother was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center in serious condition.
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According to the New York Post, neighbors remembered the young boy as "sweet (and) joyful," adding that he was "always reading, holding the door, smiling ." according to the New York Post.
FDNY officials announced that the fire started in the back of the house's basement - placed at 660 West 178th Street - and spread to the first floor.
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Three other people inside the house - including one firefighter and the boy's father, according to a GoFundMe page - likewise suffered minor injuries and were taken to New York Presbyterian-Columbia Hospital.
All municipal workers have been required to show evidence of at least one dose of the vaccine by 5 pm Friday or risk being placed on unpaid leave come Monday.
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And notwithstanding 26 stations being shuddered today, the FDNY has announced it is not closing any firehouses for good.
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In protest of the mandate, hundreds of New York City firefighters took sick leave on Friday rather than complying with De Blasio's deadline for all city workers to be vaccinated or be placed on unpaid leave.
"The excessive sick leave ... because of their anger at the vaccine mandate for all city employees is unacceptable," announced Nigro, who manages a department where more than a quarter of its workers have not had one Covid vaccine shot.
Nigro continued that the loophole many used for the mandate deadline is "contrary to their oaths to serve."
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