A group of small businesses are suing New York City, hoping to stop the city’s first vaccination order in the country for closed restaurants, gyms and other public places.
Demand Filed Tuesday on the Richmond County Supreme Court, he has the backing of prominent Republican elected officials, including Representative Nicole Malliotakis and City Council member Joe Borelli; both represent Staten Island.
The city requires customers and employees of restaurants and other businesses to show proof of vaccination. Complainants say the city is unfairly targeting businesses struggling with the pandemic and that there should be exceptions for people with certain medical conditions or religious beliefs.
Mayor Bill de Blasio argued that the vaccine’s mandate and other measures are needed to curb a worrying increase in coronavirus cases, driven in part by the more contagious Delta variant, and to encourage more New Yorkers to come forward. get vaccinated. New cases in the city rose to an average of more than 1,700 per day, from around 250 per day in early July. About 68 percent of the city’s adult residents are fully immunized.
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