Unvaccinated NYC Teachers Claim Deceit on Part of DOE

Unvaccinated NYC schoolteacher Jim Hogue (L), and his vaccinated NYC schoolteacher wife, Jen Hogue, on August 11, 2022. Dave Paone/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK—Late in 2021 New York City schoolteachers who refused to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate were placed on unpaid leave by the Department of Education. Almost all who submitted a religious or medical exemption were denied, which led to arbitration between the two groups.

The arbitration agreement provided a religious or medical exemption.