COVID RECORD BROKEN 2ND DAY IN A ROW: Mayor Elect Adams Details Omicron Battle Plan As NYC Rates And Hospitalizations Soar

NEW YORK: Inncoming leader, Mayor-elect Eric Adams, answered some critical outstanding questions about his COVID-19 battle plan on Thursday as he prepares to take the reins of a pandemic-weary city that finds itself immersed in the worst viral wave it has seen in nearly a year.

In his first major COVID briefing hours before taking office, Adams said Bill de Blasio's private-sector vaccine mandate will stay in effect to start the year.

He'll focus on "compliance, not punishment," as has been the case under the outgoing mayor, and forego fines as long as companies are committed to the goal.

Adams also addressed the potential for a student vaccination mandate in New York City public schools, the nation's largest district, amid concerns over quintupling rates of pediatric COVID hospitalizations across the city. The Democrat said his administration plans to make a decision on that in the spring, though he didn't give a specific deadline date. Should he decide to move forward, the mandate would take effect later in the year, possibly at the start of the 2022-23 academic calendar.

The former Brooklyn borough president and NYPD cop, who will be sworn in as the city's 110th mayor just after the ball drops in Times Square, says he will also review potentially adding boosters to existing vaccine mandates...

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