NYPD’s Largest Police Union Sues Mayor Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a faith vigil for victims of an earthquake in Haiti at the steps of St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church in the Little Caribbean neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City on Aug. 16, 2021. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The largest New York City Police Department union on Monday filed a lawsuit to block a citywide COVID-19 vaccine mandate that’s slated to go into effect by the end of this month.

The Police Benevolent Association union sued over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which goes into effect for all police officers and other city workers on Friday, Oct. 29.