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New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams puts onus on NBA, Nets' Kyrie Irving to come to resolution amid unchanged vax mandate

DETROIT -- Mayor-elect Eric Adams said Friday night that New York City will not change its COVID-19 vaccination mandate that currently prevents Kyrie Irving from playing in games there.

Adams, who won the city's mayoral election Tuesday, put the onus on the NBA and Irving to find a resolution. The current mandate requires the Brooklyn Nets point guard to get at least one vaccination shot in order to play in home games at Barclays Center and road games at Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks.

"New York City is not going to change their rule," Adams said in an interview on CNN.