New York Judge Temporarily Blocks Mandate For Healthcare

Yesterday, federal judge David Hurd in Utica temporarily blocked the New York State upcoming vaccine mandate from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of healthcare workers sued.

The protestors stated that their Constitutional rights were violated because the mandate disallowed religious exemptions. Judge Hurd gave New York State until September 22nd to respond to the lawsuit in federal court in Utica, and if New York opposes the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary court order blocking the vaccine mandate, a September 28th oral hearing will occur. According to the judge, the plaintiffs wanted to proceed anonymously because they “run the risk of ostracization, threats of harm, immediate firing and other retaliatory consequences if their names become known.”

Source: Democrat and Chronicle