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Nearly all NYC teachers say schools do not have proper safety plan: Poll

By FOX 5 NY Staff
Updated  September 24, 2021 8:04am EDT
New York City
FOX 5 NY

Survey of NYC teachers say school COVID protocols are insufficient

According to a new survey, almost all of the members of New York City's largest teacher's union are saying the city's COVID-19 protocols in schools are insufficient.

NEW YORK - According to a new survey, almost all of the members of New York City's largest teacher's union are saying the city's COVID-19 protocols in schools are insufficient.

According to an internal poll by the United Federation of Teachers, 98% of the teachers surveyed said neither the Mayor nor the Department of Education has a proper safety plan in place, with 92% saying students are unable to maintain a three-foot distance throughout the day.

Another 89% of respondents said kids are not always following mask-wearing protocols.

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The poll results come just one day after a judge lifted a temporary restraining order that blocked Mayor Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate for all Department of Education employees.