One in six workers employed by the city of New York declined to get a COVID-19 vaccine ahead of an Oct. 29 deadline to show proof of vaccination, the city stated on Oct. 30. The vaccination rate among municipal workers jumped to 83 percent on Oct. 29 from 76 percent on Oct. 28, as thousands of police officers, firefighters, garbage collectors, and other city workers received the vaccine before the 8 p.m. deadline. New York now braces for the fallout of running emergency and essential services without one in six workers across the board and the prospect of closed firehouses, fewer police and ambulances, and mounting trash. A total of 23 percent of the workers in the fire and sanitation departments declined to take the vaccine by the Oct. 29 deadline. The vaccination rate jumped by 8 percent for the fire department and 10 percent for the sanitation department on …