A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of 17 New York state healthcare workers who object to religious reasons to getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The judge said defendants, state officials, failed to adequately explain why workers were denied from religious exemptions to a vaccine mandate imposed in August. “There is no adequate explanation from defendants…
Federal Judge Grants Injunction Against NY COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
De Blasio Misused Security Detail for ‘Political Purposes’ and Personal Tasks: Probe
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio misused his security detail for “political purposes” during his presidential campaign and for personal tasks, including ferrying his son to and from college and helping his daughter move, according to an investigation by the city Department of Investigation (DOI). In a 47-page report (pdf) released on Thursday, the…
NYC Restores Weekly COVID-19 Testing for Unvaccinated Public School Students
Amid pressure from the teachers union, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday announced that public school students will undergo more frequent testing for COVID-19. Under the new rule, every school will randomly test students each week, instead of every two weeks. However, only a random 10 percent of unvaccinated students whose parents…
NYC Starts Enforcement of Vaccine Mandate
New York City started enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate Monday, with Mayor Bill de Blasio warning, “there’ll be consequences” for those non-followers. The COVID-19 vaccine mandate, also known as the Key to NYC, requires people 12 and older to show proof that they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine for indoor…
Pentagon Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine After Regulators Approve Pfizer’s Shot
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval Monday of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine set off a new round of vaccine mandates. The approval triggered the military making the shot mandatory, John Kirby, the Department of Defense’s spokesman, told reporters in Washington. “We’re going to move forward making that vaccine mandatory. We’re preparing the guidance to the force…
Businesses Sue New York City, Mayor de Blasio Over COVID-19 Mandate
A group of restaurants and other small businesses sued New York City and Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday for requiring customers show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter many indoor establishments. De Blasio’s mandate is “arbitrary, irrational, unscientific, and unlawful,” the business owners said in the 18-page suit, which was filed in New York…
Giuliani’s Son and Candidate Sliwa Speak as Hundreds Gather to Protest Vaccine Mandate in NYC
MANHATTAN, New York—Around 300 people and GOP leaders gathered on Sunday afternoon, including Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa and Rudy Giuliani’s son, Andrew Giuliani, to protest against Democrat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate. Mayor de Blasio recently announced a vaccine pass mandate for restaurants, gyms, and performances in the city that will…
Black and Hispanic New Yorkers Weigh Pros and Cons of de Blasio’s Vaccine Passport
As a performer at Chez Josephine on West 42 Street, Dante Harrell is often on stage and surrounded by an audience, so when he heard about Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to implement a vaccine passport, it made him feel safe. “Our elected official is looking out for us,” Harrell told The Epoch Times. “He…
New York City Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination for Restaurants, Gyms, Performances
New York City will become the first American city to adopt proof of COVID-19 vaccination for a variety of activities for workers and customers such as indoor dining, gyms, and performances, said Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday. “It’s time for people to see vaccination as necessary to living a good and full and healthy life,”…
New York City Will Not Reinstate Mask Mandate
NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday he does not plan to reinstate a citywide mask mandate even as COVID-19 cases increase, opting instead to focus on vaccinating more residents. There have been calls for New York City to follow the lead of Los Angeles County, which announced last week that it…
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