The next mayor of New York City said Thursday he’s not going to roll back a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private workers. “We are going to keep that in place,” Mayor-elect Eric Adams, a Democrat, told reporters during a press conference. Adams had previously resisted committing to maintaining all of the mandates Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has imposed. The private worker mandate, announced on Dec. 6 and detailed on Dec. 15, requires companies to secure proof of vaccination from workers. The mandate went into effect on Dec. 27. It applies to approximately 184,000 workers in the city of some 8.8 million people. Previous rules mandated vaccination for municipal workers and health care workers. De Blasio told reporters when announcing the latest mandate that it was meant to be “a preemptive strike to really do something bold to stop the further growth of COVID and the dangers it’s causing to …