Judge Voids NYC COVID Jab Mandate, Orders Reinstatement, Back Pay for Fired Unvaxxed Workers

Ashley Sadler : Oct 26, 2022
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"...This is clearly an arbitrary and capricious action because we are dealing with identical unvaccinated people being treated differently by the same administrative agency." -NY State Supreme Court Justice Ralph Porzio

[LifeSiteNews.com] A New York state Supreme Court judge on Monday struck down New York City's "unconstitutional" COVID-19 jab mandate for city workers, ordering that the roughly 2,000 employees terminated for vaccine refusal be reinstated to their full employment and become eligible for back pay. (Screengrab image)

"We just defeated the vaccine mandate for every single city employee," Attorney Chad LaVeglia announced outside the Richmond County courthouse in a video shared on Twitter.

In the 13-page decision handed down October 24, state Supreme Court Justice Ralph Porzio declared that New York's health commissioner had "exceeded his authority" by imposing the mandate requiring city employees get the COVID-19 jab as a condition of employment, remarking that "[i]t is time for the City of New York to do what is right and what is just" by rolling back the requirement.

Arguing that the mandate was "arbitrary and capricious," Porzio highlighted Democrat Mayor Eric Adams' executive order earlier this year permitting unvaccinated celebrities and athletes to work in the city while unvaccinated firefighters, police officers, and other public servants lost their jobs.

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According to Porzio, "There is nothing in the record to support the rationality of keeping a vaccination mandate for public employees, while vacating the mandate for private sector employees or creating a carveout for certain professions, like athletes, artists, and performers"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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