Thu Sep 29, 2022 – 8:49 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Members of a police union in New York City recently won a lawsuit challenging the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but the decision is being appealed by the city and the fight will continue.
Last Friday, a judge ruled that the vaccine mandate for members of the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) was “invalid to the extent that it has been used to impose a new condition of employment to current PBA members.”
The order included a call for the reinstatement of any members of the PBA who were “wrongfully terminated” or put on unpaid leave.
The following Tuesday, PBA president Patrick Lynch issued another update on the situation, informing members that the “City immediately filed its intention to appeal the ruling and indicated that it does NOT intend to comply with the ruling while that appeal is pending.”
Lynch wrote that members of the union who had previously submitted exemption requests were denied.
“When we contacted the Department following Friday’s ruling, they indicated that they intend to proceed with placing those members on LWOP [leave without pay] and/or terminating them, in clear violation of the judge’s order,” the
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