In-Person NYC Teachers Pressed To Get Coronavirus Vaccine

NEW YORK CITY — The city's in-person public school teachers should start booking coronavirus vaccine shots as soon as possible, Chancellor Richard Carranza said.

Carranza announced that guidance to classroom teachers by tweet shortly before eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine opened up starting Monday for teachers, people 75 and over and certain essential workers.

But Carranza — and then Mayor Bill de Blasio — more or less asked remote teachers to wait.

De Blasio on Monday said the goal is to vaccinate all school staff. He said in-person teachers should be first in line.

"That's the first priority," he said.

The city guidance follows a plan outlined by United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, who said in-school educators will have priority.

All union members have received an email asking them to sign up for a vaccine list, Mulgrew said.

"We will be getting priority access for everyone who says they want a vaccine," he said.