NEW YORK (AP) — Teachers opposed to New York City’s vaccine mandate for public school educators and other staff have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking an emergency injunction that would keep it from going into effect. The city has given school employees until 5 p.m. Friday to get at least their first vaccine shot, or face suspension without pay when schools open on Monday. Lawyers for the teachers had said they would go to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals panel decided on Monday that the nation’s largest school district could go ahead with the mandate. An email was sent to City Hall seeking comment.
Photo: Teachers Alis Anasal, from left, and Grimaldy Ortiz, join student Jovanny Mendez, center, advocate counselor Christian Velsaco, and Good Shepherd Services director Karen Dette as they chat in the hallway at West Brooklyn Community High School, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
