Update: Federal Judges Say NYC Can Impose Vaccine Mandate on School Employees – Lawyers Representing Teachers to Petition US Supreme Court
A federal appeals court judge Friday night temporarily blocked the vaccine mandate for New York City school employees.
A judge for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday evening granted a temporary injunction and referred the case to a three-judge panel for an “expedited review,” the Associated Press reported.
On Monday, the three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued an order blocking the mandate ordered from the single appeals judge.
Lawyers representing teachers and other school employees said they will immediately petition the US Supreme Court to intervene.
The lawyers argued de Blasio’s order will “leave teachers and paraprofessionals without the resources to pay rent,
