New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that more than proof of vaccination will be required to go to restaurants, gyms, museums, and other indoor venues — an ID will be required as well.

“And it’s easy, all you have to do is show proof of vaccination — that could be a CDC paper card, that could be an Excelsior Pass, an NYC COVID Safe app, whatever works,” de Blasio said in an announcement. “All you got to do is show that proof and have ID as well, and it’s straightforward.”

The mayor announced his “Key to NYC” vaccine mandate earlier this month, which requires indoor dining, entertainment, and fitness businesses to “check the vaccination status of all staff and customers 12 and older.” De Blasio did not clarify how 12-year-old children and other minors will be able to obtain a valid photo ID.

The mandate creates a major gap between black and white residents’ ability to enjoy basic freedoms of assembly: only 42 percent of black NYC residents have at least one dose of the vaccine, compared to 57 percent of white residents. Thirty-eight percent of black residents are fully vaccinated, while 53 percent of white residents are fully vaccinated.

But requiring IDs to vote is rassis.

I'll continue my boycott of NYC over this racism.

Hilarious.

I hate it for all the small business owners. After the lockdown, this is the LAST thing they need.

Sucks to live in New York.

So leave

(08-17-2021 09:43 AM)VA49er Wrote:  I hate it for all the small business owners. After the lockdown, this is the LAST thing they need.

“All” of them — I mean, people who owned small businesses in NYC as of 13th March 2020 — are not even living in NYC anymore. I know some of them and they will never return.

You literally need an ID to go to a movie or a bowling alley or a coffee shop now in NY...but don’t dare require one to vote.

Do people who are being intellectually honest with themselves really not understand the complete incongruity?