Wed Jan 18, 2023 – 2:34 pm EST
SYRACUSE, New York (LifeSiteNews) — In a major win for medical professionals, a New York State Supreme Court judge has struck down the permanent COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers implemented by the state under Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY).
According to a local report from last week, State Supreme Court Judge Gerard Neri ruled that the state’s health department “overstepped their authority by sidestepping the Legislature and making permanent the mandate meant to limit transmission of Covid in hospitals and healthcare facilities,” which makes this mandate now “null, void, and of no effect.” This ruling sided with Medical Professionals for Informed Consent, a group of healthcare workers who lost, or were at risk of losing, their jobs because of the permanent mandate.
Neri also explained that the state does not have the authority to permanently mandate a vaccine outside of what public health law has approved, such as mumps or measles.
The COVID-19 jab order was originally enacted in August 2021 under then Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In November 2021, some New York healthcare workers were fired for not complying with the mandate “after losing their religious exemptions,” as exemptions were
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