October 14, 2021
A panel of Second Circuit judges appeared dubious on Thursday of claims that New York City's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for public school teachers violates the U.S. Constitution, signaling they're likely to back a Brooklyn federal judge's decision to let the mandate go forward.
October 01, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied a bid from four New York City public school teachers to put an emergency freeze on the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate after a lower federal court had shot down their legal challenge to the policy.