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NYC Ordered to Reinstate Workers Fired for Covid Vaccine Refusal
Sanitation Department workers unload a truck in the Staten Island borough of New York.
Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg
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New York City was ordered to reinstate a group of sanitation workers fired for refusing to get a Covid-19 vaccine after a state court judge ruled the mandate was unlawful.
In an order dated Monday, a judge in Staten Island said the city health commissioner has the authority to issue public health mandates, but can’t create a new condition of employment for municipal employees, can’t prohibit them from reporting to work and can’t terminate employees.