The Supreme Court on Oct. 11 turned down a request from a detective to block New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for municipal workers.
Anthony Marciano, a New York Police Department detective, sued the city over the mandate, which applies to all city employees.
A New York Supreme Court judge blocked the mandate in late December 2021 but that temporary restraining order was dissolved by an appeals court, prompting Marciano to ask the Supreme Court to intervene.
Marciano’s first emergency application was rejected by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, an Obama appointee. He refiled in September. The new application made it past the initial stage when Justice Clarence Thomas, a George H.W. Bush appointee, distributed it to the full court….