Fired Yankee Stadium Worker Sues Mayor Adams Over Vaccine Exemptions

  • Legends Club waitress says player carveout unfair to workers
  • Adams says vaccine exemptions are in NYC’s ‘best interest’

New York Mayor Eric Adams

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An ex-Yankee Stadium worker who says she was fired for refusing to get a Covid-19 vaccination sued New York Mayor Eric Adams for exempting professional athletes and other performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private employers.

Virginia Alleyne, who worked as a waitress at the stadium’s Legends Club for 17 years until she was terminated in September, filed a proposed class action in New York state court on Friday. She asked for a court order blocking the city’s implementation of the exemptions that would allow unvaccinated Yankees to take the field.