Fri Apr 1, 2022 – 6:01 pm EDT
NEW YORK (LifeSiteNews) – A judge on Friday struck down New York City’s mask mandate for toddlers after a lawsuit from local parents, slamming the rule as “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.” Democratic Mayor Eric Adams has already announced that the city will appeal.
In a one-page order, Staten Island Judge Ralph Porzio granted a permanent injunction against the policy and declared it “void and enforceable.”
A group of parents had sued the city government earlier this month, arguing that the mandate, which applies to children age two to four in child care settings, is unconstitutional.
“Once you start looking at these regulations that the Department of Health has imposed on our kids, you realize not only are they anti-child, not only are they anti-science, not only are they anti-parent, but they’re unlawful,” said public school parent and attorney Michael Chessa at a March 4 protest.
We won! Judge Porzio just ruled in the favor of parental choice and democracy. He found the Toddler Mask Mandate to be arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable. Effective immediately, the policy is void and unenforceable.
— Michael Chessa, Esq. (@metrolawyering) April 1,
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