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Aimee@Firsthand Media

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 14: School Therapist...

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2022/07/27

“I loved working with the kids. I loved helping them. I loved seeing them grow and develop and become mentally stronger and emotionally stronger and socially better. . . . It was a very good job. I loved it. I didn't want to leave. . . . And what broke my heart was that I was the only therapist—social worker—there. So when I was let go, there was no one else to help the kids. And I know for a long time, that at least six, seven months, if not more, they didn't have anyone.” - JanineIf you think it’s

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 13: Math Teacher Michele

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2022/07/22

“A lot of colleagues and people believe that this was our choice: ‘You must have had the money to be able to do this. You must be okay, and that's why you chose this.’ You have no clue! No, I chose this because I know there's something very wrong with the other road and that road I could never live with. [With] this road, I will wake up every day and be proud of my stance. As hard as it is, I made the right choice.” - MicheleIf you think it’s important for people to hear Michele’s story, please

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 12: Art & ENL Teacher

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2022/07/19

“What's really safe for the kids at this point? Because what's going on in the schools is we have shortages. We have terrible stories of these people that should not be with children that are in schools as bodies. . . . They're not getting stable education. So it really does make you ask, [is] the cost of this mandate the mental health of the children, the stability, their academic growth? What is helping and what is hurting them?” - NYC teacherIf you think it’s important for people to hear this

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 11: Retired NYPD...

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2022/07/14

“I've been watching the news when they talk about the mass exodus from the NYPD. . . . Every single one of those police experts, every single former police commissioner—not one of them mentioned a vaccine mandate, which is the number one reason that all of these people are leaving. I get calls every day from guys that even took the vaccine that call me and ask me how to vest out. ” - John MacariIf you think it’s important for people to hear the John Macari’s story, please share it! You can help

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 10: Sanitation Worker...

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2022/07/07

“As Christians, we believe God owns our body, bought with a price. First Corinthians, chapter six tells us that this is a temple of the holy spirit. We believe that Christ shed his blood on that cross, and he bought us with the most valuable price there ever could be. And that was his blood, his life. . . . I'm not going to do anything to violate what's God's property. I'm to be a manager of what's God's. So my body is not my own. I've been bought with a price and I have to manage that very

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 9: Registered Nurse Karen

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2022/07/02

“When I asked the doctor, ‘Why are you saying that this couldn’t be from the vaccine?’ he said, ‘Because we don't have enough long-term data to determine that it's from the vaccine, so I can’t characterize it as a vaccine injury.’ . . . If we don't have long-term data, how are you forcing people to get this if they don't feel comfortable getting this? I just remember that was the thing that troubled me the most—more than COVID, more than dealing with COVID patients—is seeing the amount of people

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 8: Sanitation Worker...

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2022/06/27

“I think we need a labor party. I think that the only thing that's going to break the Democrat-Republican nonsense and the Third Way politics that they've created is by creating a third party that focuses on the most important thing about being an American: having a job, having a stable job.” - Danny HulkowerIn this episode of the New York Mandate podcast, I talk with Danny Hulkower, who started working for the New York City Department of Sanitation in 2016. His application for a religious exemption

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 7: Education Director...

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2022/06/24

“It was very hard to be told, after 20 years and two degrees and all the certifications and, like you said, a lot of expertise in my field, ‘Oh, it's dangerous for you to be—you can't be—around the children. You can't have contact with children.’ . . . I’m very, very attached to my school. I'm very committed to everyone there. It's like a little family.” - Chloe PashmanIf you think it’s important for people to hear the Chloe Pashman’s story, please share it! You can help build a public conversation

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 6: Attorney Sujata Gibson

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2022/06/22

In this episode of the New York Mandate podcast, I talk with civil rights attorney Sujata Gibson, who is representing plaintiffs in two lawsuits opposing New York City vaccine mandates, Kane v. de Blasio and New Yorkers for Religious Liberty v. The City of New York. The plaintiffs are former NYC teachers and other municipal employees whose employment was terminated because they did not comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and their applications for religious exemptions were denied.Gibson

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 5: Teacher Jennifer

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2022/06/11

“It doesn't seem right that you're forced to make a decision and pick up and leave where you were born, where you have your job, where you have your friends, where you have your home and your whole lifestyle. . . . It doesn't make sense that, again, depending upon where you live, the rules are different. . . . I am grateful where I moved that it's free, but I left a lot behind.” - JenniferIn this episode of the New York Mandate podcast, I talk with Jennifer, who worked as a New York City public

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 4: Metal Work Mechanic...

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2022/05/28

“Freedom of choice is a big deal. It's a big thing. There's one thing to have a public health emergency. And there's another to have draconian laws and measures and mandates in place. At the end of the day, they actually erode society. You're not helping anybody. What you're doing is you're tearing apart the fabric of society. You're not letting people go to work. You’re not letting them provide for their families.” - GabrielIn this episode of the New York Mandate podcast, I talk with Gabriel, a

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 3: Paramedic Krista O'Dea

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2022/05/26

“Alternative views have been sort of shut down and demonized. And I think that if we were to be given more public light, people would see that we are just people too. We’re not these evil people who want to hurt others and don’t care about others or want to see people die. . . . People will see that: ‘Oh my gosh, these are just regular people. They’re not these crazy fanatic types.’ No. We’re just regular people who have dedicated our lives to helping others.” - Krista O’DeaIn this episode of the

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 2: Paramedic Carin Rosado

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2022/05/13

“The mandate came down that you’ll get [the vaccine] or you’ll lose your job. And that was a lot of anxiety. I would go back and forth with it. I would say, ‘I should just comply.’ This is a career that I worked so hard for. I really wanted this career, so I don’t want to lose it. And then I would go back to: But is it right for me? Is it right for my body? Do I give up the possibility of . . . maybe not being able to have kids—just because we just don’t know—to keep a career?” - Carin RosadoIn this

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 1: Firefighter Sophy...

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2022/05/09

“My body’s my only one I have, so to me, the difficult choice would be to just give everything up that I believe in to keep a job. I’ve always been a fighter. It’s who I am. So I’m not going to just say, ‘OK, if this is what I have to do to keep a job.’ It’s a job. It’s a job that I love. It’s a job that I don’t want to lose. But to me the difficult choice would be to go against everything I believe in and to look at my children and say, ‘Well, guys, sometimes you’ve just got to sell your soul.’ I’m

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