New York Post

N. Rochelle mayor cuts line for jab

- Susan Edelman

New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson jumped the COVID-19 vaccine line last week in an aborted — and illegal — bid to give the coveted shots to all his city workers.

But while 128 of 675 municipal employees, including 45 in the police department, got vaccinated by Thursday, teachers were shut out after the state got wind of the plan.

“The people who work in the most dangerous setting to ensure the best education for the students of New Rochelle are the ones getting screwed,” a teacher told The Post after a plan to shuttle teachers to the hospital by bus Friday morning was abruptly canceled.

New Rochelle was one of the first coronaviru­s epicenters in New York.

“The staff of those schools have continuall­y sacrificed the safety of their own families because of their dedication to the children of New Rochelle,” a teacher remarked.

Bramson (inset), 51, admitted he rolled up his sleeve after Montefiore New Rochelle hospital offered the vaccines to all city employees and elected officials Wednesday.

“I personally had intended to wait for a future phase, but in order to overcome vaccine hesitancy that was becoming evident within the city workforce and demonstrat­e confidence in the vaccine’s safety and efficacy, I received a vaccine mid-afternoon on Thursday,” Bramson said.

State guidelines say limited vaccine doses go first only to health-care workers and nursing home residents or staff.

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