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Federal Judge Halts Vaccine Mandate For New York City School Employees

 

Late Friday, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction to block the requirement that all New York City school employees have at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine by today, September 27th, or risk being terminated.

Unions representing the New York City school employees have stated that while they support vaccines, it should not be a condition of employment.  While apparently 85% of New York City school employees have already received one vaccine, it was estimated that if the “get vaccinated or get terminated” policy went into place today, that could leave schools in the city short approximately 10,000 teachers and workers.

Of course, I caution readers that an injunction is not a final ruling on the matter.  Rather, an injunction serves to keep things status quo.  Consequently, while New York City school employees are not required to have at least one dose of the vaccine or risk termination, that is not to say the requirement will not be reinstated once this court case works its way through the legal system. At this point, a three judge panel is to review the granting of the injunction on Wednesday…so this injunction might not be in place very long.  Stay tuned.


For additional information:  https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/09/26/covid-vaccine-mandate-new-york-city-teachers/

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