Supreme Court justice axes appeal of NYC school vaccine plan

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Mary Altaffer/AP

FILE - This photograph from Wednesday Aug. 25, 2021, shows teachers protesting against COVID-19 vaccination mandates successful New York. On Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied an exigency entreaty from a radical of teachers to artifact New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nationalist schoolhouse teachers and different unit from going into effect. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

Posted at 7:20 PM, Oct 01, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-01 20:20:38-04

NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied an exigency entreaty from a radical of teachers to artifact New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nationalist schoolhouse teachers and different unit from going into effect.

The teachers had filed for the injunction with Sotomayor connected Thursday, successful an effort to support the mandate from going into effect Friday.

Under the mandate rules, the astir 148,000 schoolhouse employees had until 5 p.m. Friday to get astatine slightest their archetypal vaccine shot.

Those who didn’t look suspension without wage erstwhile schools unfastened connected Monday.

The city's lawyer said the justice made the close call. A lawyer for the teachers said they are disappointed.

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