NEW YORK—New York City’s Department of Education (DOE) on Feb. 14 notified unvaccinated teachers and other school employees of their terminations, which it had been threatened for several months. “I am officially unemployed and fired, despite having a clean record,” elementary school teacher Nadia Lyakhnovich told The Epoch Times after receiving the email. Lyakhnovich is not alone. The number of City employees terminated is estimated between 900 and 1,430, according to secondary school teacher Rachel Maniscalco, who was put on unpaid leave last fall for not getting the vaccination. Maniscalco believes the DOE has circumvented termination laws. “When you’re terminated, you need a 30-day notice in writing,” she told The Epoch Times. “No one received that.” “There was no due process; there were no 3020A hearings,” she said, referring to the proceedings before an arbitrator when authorities seek to strip a teacher of her or his tenure and potentially terminate …
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