NY Supreme Court Reinstates Employees , Who Were Fired for Being Unvaccinated.<br />Fox News reports that on Oct. 24, the New York Supreme Court found that "being vaccinated does not prevent <br />an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19.".<br />Fox News reports that on Oct. 24, the New York Supreme Court found that "being vaccinated does not prevent <br />an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19.".<br />As a result, government employees who were fired for being unvaccinated must now be rehired and paid back wages.<br />In October of last year, David Chokshi, NYC health commissioner, issued an order forcing all city employees to get a COVID vaccine.<br />Mayor Eric Adams supplemented that demand with his own executive order that provided exemptions for a select few.<br />Judge Ralph J. Porzio, who authored the opinion, found the city's reasoning to be hypocritical. .<br />The Health Commissioner cannot create a new condition of employment for city employees, . . . cannot prohibit an employee from reporting to work . . . [and] cannot terminate employees. <br />The Mayor cannot exempt certain employees from these orders, Judge Ralph J. Porzio, via opinion.<br />If it was about safety and public health, no one would be exempt. <br />It is time for the City of New York to do what is right and what is just, Judge Ralph J. Porzio, via opinion.<br />Fox News reports that in NYC alone, <br />1,400 workers were fired earlier this <br />year for refusing the vaccine.<br />According to an NYC law department spokesman, “the city strongly disagrees with this ruling as the mandate is firmly grounded in law and is critical to New Yorkers’ public health.”
