‘Ridiculous!’ De Blas de blasted for $hots

Why does one group get this incentive and we don’t? It . . . shows a certain level of disrespect.

— Disgruntled schoolteacher on Mayor de Blasio’s vax incentive

Mayor de Blasio’s announcement Wednesday that all city workers will soon be required to get the COVID vaccine or face being put on unpaid leave left some fuming about the “ridiculous” move.

As an incentive, the city is offering a $500 bonus to still-unvaccinated city workers who get their first jab, at a cost of up to $23 million, the mayor said at a press briefing.

That means other city employees who were required to get vaccinated — teachers and public-hospital workers — or simply opted to get inoculated on their own will not have the opportunity to reap the benefit of the city’s investment.

“It’s ridiculous,” said a Brooklyn high-school teacher who begrudgingly got vaccinated. “Why does one group get this incentive and we don’t? It makes no sense and shows a certain level of disrespect to us as a whole. They see us differently, that’s pretty clear.”

A Queens middle-school teacher who chose to be inoculated told The Post she viewed some municipal workers being offered extra cash but not other as unjust.

“I would have gotten it either way,” she said. “But I have colleagues who didn’t want to do it. I’m not sure that $500 would have made a huge difference, but it’s the fact that they were never offered the money. It’s not right.”

Fumed one city worker, “It’s truly remarkable how idiotic he is.

“Just another example of the mayor being completely clueless and failing to lead effectively. He knows he needs to up it to $500 to get the police and FDNY on board. He doesn’t care about how teachers and health-care workers might feel about it because the mayor is not capable of thinking ahead.”

One public-school teacher felt “insulted” by the incentive.

“I am embarrassed that some of my colleagues need to be bribed to contribute to the collective safety of our community,” said the teacher. “I am insulted that New York City is rewarding that.”

Another city employee had mixed feelings. “I’m torn. On one hand I’m really happy about the vaccine mandate, because it will make the office safer, but I could definitely use $500 and it would be nice to financially reward people who got the vaccine right away.”

The worker added, “I know we had the reward of months of additional protection, but $500 is $500.”

Another city worker said, “I really don’t care what they give them, as long as they get the vaccine.”

Asked during Wednesday’s press conference about likely frustrations from city workers who already got vaccinated about employees who held out getting a $500 reward, de Blasio insisted he appreciates that sentiment but is acting in a “practical” manner to keep New Yorkers healthy.