NBC New York reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is mandating that all healthcare workers in New York must get at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday, Sept. 27. State health officials also authorized a third dose of the vaccine for New Yorkers with compromised immune systems after a recommendation from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week. Effective immediately, immunocompromised residents must wait 28 days after receiving their second dose of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for a third shot. Mandating vaccines for healthcare workers comes months after doses have been available, as healthcare workers were among the first eligible for vaccination. Now, the Delta variant of COVID-19 is threatening to overwhelm hospitals with new cases. Ken Girardin of the Empire Center for Public Policy wrote on Twitter about Cuomo now mandating vaccines for healthcare workers: "This is a Hollywood-level plot twist. Cuomo did borderline-illegal things to buy off healthcare worker unions (1199SEIU in particular). Now that 1199SEIU has turned on him, he's finally standing up to them, and for the first time in a long time, putting the public interest first." Cuomo is resigning as of Aug. 24, after a damning report from the attorney general outlining 11 sexual harassment allegations against the governor. Read more about this story at NBC New York.