Posted on 12/08/2021 7:29:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A New York state judge has temporarily suspended the enforcement of New York City’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for municipal workers.
New York Supreme Court Justice Frank Nervo on Tuesday set a hearing on the requirement for Dec. 14, and said the city couldn’t enforce the rules in the meantime.
The ruling comes shortly after Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would also require private-sector workers to be vaccinated by Dec. 27. That policy affects about 184,000 businesses.
New York City’s vaccine mandate for public employees was announced Oct. 20. The order ended a testing option for the city’s more than 160,000 municipal workers, including police officers, firefighters and sanitation workers, and required them to get their first Covid-19 shot by Oct. 29. Teachers and healthcare workers were already required to be vaccinated.
Danielle Filson, Mr. de Blasio’s press secretary, said on Twitter the mandate hasn’t been blocked and that a judge won’t decide until the argument date.
The bulk of New York City residents are currently vaccinated against Covid-19, according to city data. About 78% have received at least one dose of vaccine, while about 70% are fully vaccinated, according to the city.
Federal vaccine mandates are also facing legal battles. A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors.
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That’s good news
RE: That’s good news
I’d be more relieved if the halt was PERMANENT, not this “temporary” BS which puts all workers in pins and needles for several more weeks.
It would be permanent if they would stop voting Democrap.
True, but this helps for now
Unfortunately thousands who didn’t want it took the hot shot to keep their jobs; expect this pattern to repeat until 100% of people have the shot. They’re just nibbling away at the edges of the free thinkers (free people).
will higher-higher stop it???
New York Supreme Court. (Unlike in most other states, the Supreme Court is a trial court and is not the highest court in the state.)
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