For the past decade, Claudia Petrovich has been a technician at Main Street Radiology in Queens and says she loves her job.

“The people I work with became like my second family,” she says. “I have a great manager.”

But Petrovich is currently looking for other work—specifically somewhere without a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. She is planning to quit by September 24th, which she says is the deadline the company set for employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Speaking with WNYC/Gothamist at a rally protesting mandatory vaccination in Manhattan’s Foley Square on Monday, Petrovich said she wished her company would “stand up” against such requirements.

As COVID-19 vaccine mandates have multiplied in recent weeks, many New Yorkers who were reluctant to get inoculated against the virus have caved and gotten their shots. Daily new vaccine recipients have numbered over 13,000 since mid-August—nearly double the low point recorded in mid-summer. But Petrovich is among the contingent so steadfast in their resistance that they’re willing to resign from their jobs or risk getting fired.

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