Judge temporarily blocks NYC from enforcing vaccine mandate for teachers and staff

Judge temporarily blocks NYC from enforcing vaccine mandate for teachers and staff

(AP)- New York City schools have been temporarily blocked from enforcing a vaccine mandate for its teachers and other workers by a federal appeals judge days before it was to take effect. The mandate for the the nation’s largest school system was set to go into effect Monday. But late Friday, a judge for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary injunction and referred the case to a three-judge panel that will take up the motion Wednesday. Department of Education spokesperson Danielle Filson says officials are seeking a speedy resolution by the circuit court next week. 

Photo: Teachers rally at a demonstration against COVID-19 vaccination mandates, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)