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The New York Department of Health says that the UN General Assembly building is a convention center, and that proof of vaccination is therefore required to enter. (The requirement is for least one dose, of any vaccine approved by either the FDA or WHO.)
The Russian ambassador is furious, it's not clear whether he objects to the requirement itself, or to the NYC government claiming the authority to enforce that or any requirement.
I am amused by this because, when I was growing up, annoying foreign governments, and especially the Soviet government, was a sort of hobby of the New York City Council, which at that time had almost no real power. So the street corner nearest the Soviet embassy to the UN was named Sakharov-Bonner corner, after the Soviet dissidents Andrey Sakharov and Yelena Bonner.
I am not a lawyer, but it looks as though the extraterritorial status of that bit of Manhattan isn't relevant here. A little googling and a look at Wikipedia tell me that except as specifically provided, federal, state, and local law still apply.
The Russian ambassador is furious, it's not clear whether he objects to the requirement itself, or to the NYC government claiming the authority to enforce that or any requirement.
I am amused by this because, when I was growing up, annoying foreign governments, and especially the Soviet government, was a sort of hobby of the New York City Council, which at that time had almost no real power. So the street corner nearest the Soviet embassy to the UN was named Sakharov-Bonner corner, after the Soviet dissidents Andrey Sakharov and Yelena Bonner.
I am not a lawyer, but it looks as though the extraterritorial status of that bit of Manhattan isn't relevant here. A little googling and a look at Wikipedia tell me that except as specifically provided, federal, state, and local law still apply.
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[Edit: though someone brought up the approval issue -- is NYC insisting on FDA-authorized vaccines? That would rule out Sputnik and AstraZeneca and Sinopharm...]
"So the street corner nearest the Soviet embassy to the UN was named Sakharov-Bonner corner, after the Soviet dissidents Andrey Sakharov and Yelena Bonner." -- awesome.
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