The mandate banned religious exemptions but allowed rare exceptions for medical reasons. Kathy Hochul's administration appealed Neri's ruling on the lawsuit, which was filed by several health workers who cited, in part, religious objections to receiving the shot. Neri asserted in part that the mandate exceeded state health officials’ authority and usurped the Legislature’s power to control which immunizations to require.

The stay temporarily halted enforcement of the ruling in January from state Supreme Court Justice Gerald Neri in Syracuse that declared the health worker vaccine mandate was null and void. Previously, the state appeals court issued a stay that kept the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers in place during the ongoing court battle. Erminia Amelia Guido, 93, passed away peacefully, with loving family by. The outcome of the appeals case has potential implications for future efforts by state officials to add COVID-19 vaccines to existing lists of vaccines for other diseases - such as measles and polio - recommended or required in other settings, including schools. Advanced Search Show me: Date posted online Display: Thursday, Erminia C. Tell us how it impacts youīut Sujata Sidhu Gibson, an attorney for the health workers in the case, disputed that position, arguing the appeals court would still have to make a decision regarding a lower court's ruling that struck down the mandate. Health care staffing: How understaffed is NY health care? State still digging out after 47K COVID job lossesīroken health care: New York's health system is in crisis. He requested that the appeals court vacate a lower court ruling in the case. Hitsous, the attorney for the state, argued the complaints in the lawsuit have become moot due to the pending mandate repeal. Meanwhile, it remains unclear what the appeals court ruling will be regarding the vaccine mandate lawsuit. What does NY vaccine mandate repeal mean for lawsuit? The mandate prompted about 34,000 medical workers, or 3% of the workforce at the time, to quit or be fired instead of getting the shots. The state requirement that New York health care workers be fully vaccinated − meaning two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNtech vaccines, or one Johnson & Johnson dose − took effect in September 2021. The agency's statement also noted the Health Department will not pursue any new enforcement of the mandate, but added health 'facilities should continue to implement their own internal policies regarding COVID-19 vaccinations' as the repeal process progresses.

'Throughout the public health emergency, this vaccine requirement served as a critical public health tool, helping to protect both health care workers and the patients under their care,' officials stated. State health officials on Wednesday also asserted the vaccine mandate helped reduce COVID-19 risks earlier in the pandemic. New York health officials revealed plans to repeal the states COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers just minutes before an appeals court was to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging. On Wednesday, Jonathan Hitsous, the Attorney General's Office attorney representing the state, told judges that the vaccine mandate repeal would unfold in the near future, requiring final approval of the decision by the state Public Health and Health Planning Council.

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