Fri May 26, 2023 – 4:58 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The government of New York state is admitting defeat on its efforts to force COVID-19 vaccination on public healthcare workers, announcing in court this week that they are dropping the case, months after a rebuke from the New York Supreme Court.
The mandate, originally imposed by former Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo in August 2021 and made permanent last June under his successor Kathy Hochul, led to the firing, furlough, or forced resignation of more than 30,000 health employees, prompting a lawsuit by the group Medical Professionals for Informed Consent.
In January 2023, New York Supreme Court Judge Gerard Neri ruled that state health officials “overstepped their authority by sidestepping the Legislature and making permanent the mandate meant to limit transmission of Covid in hospitals and healthcare facilities,” and that the mandate was henceforth “null, void, and of no effect.”
The state was expected to appeal the ruling, but The Epoch Times reported that during a May 24 hearing state attorneys instead announced, “due to the changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving vaccine recommendations, the New York State Department of Health has begun the process of
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