Court Orders New York State to Offer Vaccine to Prisoners

Court Orders New York State to Offer Vaccine to Prisoners
The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background, on June 20, 2014. Seth Wenig/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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A Bronx judge ruled on Monday that New York unfairly excluded state prison and jail inmates from access to the CCP virus vaccine and must immediately begin offering them the jab.
Bronx Supreme Court Justice Alison Tuitt said in an order (pdf) that the Respondents—Howard Zucker, Commissioner of Health for New York State, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo—acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner in excluding inmates from COVID-19 vaccine priority group 1b, “especially in light of the fact that Respondents approved vaccinations for all other congregate living facilities, including juvenile detention facilities.”
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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