New York, October 25 A judge has ordered New York City Hall to reinstate the nearly 3,000 municipal employees who have been fired for refusing to be vaccinated against covid-19, to which the municipal health directorate announced on Tuesday it intends to appeal. against the order.
New York judge Ralph Porzio, who issued a ruling today known on Monday, found the Health Directorate ordinance – from which the vaccination ordinance originated – was “arbitrary and capricious”, in addition to the fact that it was an infringement of the separation of powers, since that order had to come from the legislative power (city assembly) and not from the executive.
As a result, those laid off must be reinstated starting this Tuesday and all outstanding salaries must be paid since the dismissal, which took effect on February 13.
The dismissed included police officers, firefighters, teachers and health personnel, and they represented less than 1% of the workforce in a city that employs 370,000 people.
The Mayor’s Office has decreed that vaccinations are mandatory on November 1, 2021 for its employees and extended the deadline for reticent people who refused to vaccinate against the virus, for religious or other reasons, until February 13, which ended the last extension.
What happened in New York is a pale reflection of the opposition that vaccines have aroused in a large sector of American society, mostly among the followers of former President Donald Trump.
According to the government portal dedicated to covid, 80% of the US population has received the vaccine, with the highest rates in the older age groups. EFE
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