Unvaccinated Teacher Still Fighting in the Courts Over Her Treatment by NYC Education Department

Unvaccinated English and special education teacher, Rachel Maniscalco, and her daughter Julia, in front of her former place of employment, Concord High School in Staten Island, New York, on August 2, 2022. Dave Paone/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK—Teacher Rachel Maniscalco has been battling New York City’s Department of Education and her own union over the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination since last year. That battle continues to be fought in court.

As reported by The Epoch Times in January, she and thousands of her colleagues who refused to receive the mandated vaccination were put on unpaid leave last fall and were told by the city’s DOE that they’d be terminated on Dec. 1, 2021, if they didn’t obey.