New York Supreme Court Upholds Ban on COVID Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers

The health care worker vaccine mandate was first implemented in September 2021, resulting in the departure or termination of about 34,000 people.

A health care worker prepares a dose Pfizer/BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccine at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Dec. 14, 2020. Carlos Osorio/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

New York’s Supreme Court has upheld its previous ruling invalidating the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, a decision that will have ramifications on the power of the state’s executive.

The ruling came from the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which dismissed the state’s appeal to have the mandate reinstated.