“Parents and guardians who refuse to get vaccinated still cannot attend school functions inside city Department of Education buildings, and some are calling for the policy to end as other Covid restrictions have been dropped and the third anniversary of the pandemic nears.

Nearly 1,500 have signed on to a petition started by one Queens mom calling on Mayor Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks to allow unvaccinated people access into schools.

Eight City Council members wrote a letter to Adams and Banks as well as city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Ashwin Vasan calling for the mandate to be lifted as well. The order comes from the DOHMH.”