Thu Jan 6, 2022 – 10:27 am EST
NEW YORK CITY (LifeSiteNews) — A New York City Council member known for publicly confronting former mayor Bill De Blasio was barred from the city’s Council Chamber yesterday afternoon for refusing to reveal whether she received a COVID-19 shot.
Vickie Paladino’s son and Chief Political Advisor, Thomas Paladino, told LifeSiteNews that she was forced to vote “remotely” for the day’s charter session: “By remotely, I mean one room over from the City Council Chamber. They wanted to make the point of not allowing us onto the floor of the chamber because of our refusal to disclose her vaccination status.”
Vickie Paladino, who represents several neighborhoods in Queens, is the only member of the 51-person NYC Council who has refused to provide proof of vaccination.
A directive expressly requiring this of NYC Council members was sent Nov. 8, not long before Vickie was elected. It announced, “Beginning November 15, 2021, no one who works at the Council will be permitted to work at City Hall and/or 250 Broadway offices, or at any Council Member district office, if they have not provided the required proof of vaccination.”
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