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De Blasio hasn’t given workers clear rules on return to office

He’s late again!

Just weeks before the Big Apple’s expected reopening, white-collar municipal workers are still waiting for crucial guidance from the chronically tardy Mayor Bill de Blasio about returning to the office, The Post has learned.

“The mayor needs to step in and give us some real guidance other than, ‘Hey you need to social distance,'” said Ischia Bravo, district manager of Community Board 7 in The Bronx.

“We haven’t heard anything yet and we’re all wondering when,” another white-collar city employee told The Post.

The uncertainty forced the head of the Law Department to advise her staff that they may be coming back full-time in mid-September with no ability to work remotely.

“At this time, in the absence of any official announcement from City Hall, everyone should plan for the likelihood that employees will return to the office on a full-time basis starting September 13,” Georgia Pestana, the city’s Corporation Counsel wrote to her nearly 2,000-person workforce on Wednesday.

“This is a fluid situation, and I appreciate everyone’s continued patience while we await further instructions,” Pestana wrote.

A Law Department staffer, who shared Pestana’s email, told The Post his colleagues are livid, “especially the working parents.”

“We don’t think September 13 is a reasonable date for a full return,” he said, adding that it coincides with the first day of public school. De Blasio has said there will be no remote option for students this year.

“We are not asking to permanently work from home. We want a new WFH policy that reflects reality and the private sector,” he added.

A Law Department spokesman said, “We want to set expectations and try to ensure that our staff is planning for the return based on what the mayor has said publicly. That’s what we’re doing. And we’ll adjust accordingly if we have to.”

A de Blasio administration spokeswoman denied the email was in response to any directive and said those discussions are still ongoing.

She pointed to comments from Hizzoner two months ago about the expected reopening this fall.

In this file photo a Covid-19 vaccine record card is seen at Florida Memorial University Vaccination Site in Miami Gardens, Florida on April 14, 2021. - San Francisco is poised to become the first US city to demand proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 to access indoor dining and entertainment venues, officials announced on August 12, 2021. Bars, restaurants, night clubs, theaters, fitness centers and other establishments in this large Californian city will require visitors to present vaccination certificates to enter starting August 20. For staff, the measure will take effect in October.
The mayor’s office plans to have workers follow CDC’s COVID-19 guidelines. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

“By September, we’d like to see everyone in our offices back to normal,” de Blasio said on June 29.

“Now that’s going to be, of course, following CDC and state guidance. And we expect that to keep evolving, but we think we’re on that track right now that people will be back to their offices basically as they were before the pandemic,” the mayor said.

De Blasio had required 80,000 municipal employees to return to their desks at least part-time in May, but a deliveryman who regularly visits city agencies says the offices are like ghost towns with no one around.

Meanwhile, City Council staff will only have to show up in person for work once a week starting Oct. 4.

De Blasio said at his daily press briefing Wednesday that it doesn’t “makes sense” for council staffers to delay their return, but he dodged a question about the status of his own workforce.