NYPD’s Largest Police Union SuesMayor Over COVID19 VaccineMandate
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The Epoch Times - By Jack Phillips - October 25, 2021
VACCINES & SAFETY
The largest New York City Police Department union on Monday filed a lawsuit to block a citywide COVID19 vaccine mandate that’s slated to go into effect by the end of this month. The Police Benevolent Association union sued over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID19 vaccine mandate, which goes into effect for all police officers and other city workers on Friday, Oct. 29.
“The City has provided no explanation, much less a rational one, for the need to
violate the autonomy and privacy of NYPD police officers in such a severe
manner, on the threat of termination,” the lawsuit said, adding that the current
policy to either mandate vaccines or testing for COVID19 is “sufficient enough.”
The current policy requires unvaccinated police officers to be tested weekly for
COVID19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
“There is no evidence of any widespread COVID19 infection or transmission by
or among NYPD police officers since the ‘vax or test’ policy has been in place,”
the suit continued to say. “To the contrary, all evidence establishes that the
policy has proven effective, and it has struck the appropriate balance between
encouraging vaccination and respecting the medical autonomy of the NYPD
officers.”
The association’s lawyers further argued that the city’s mandate will also
adversely impact officers who have sincere religious or health concerns about
COVID19 vaccines, noting that many of these officers “put their lives on the
line” throughout the pandemic. In a Twitter post, the Police Benevolent Association said it also filed a request for a temporary restraining order to stop the city and the NYPD from implementing the vaccine requirement while litigation is pending. City workers, including NYPD officers, who do not get vaccinated before the Oct. 29 deadline will be placed on unpaid leave and face termination from their jobs. A spokesperson for de Blasio’s office told the New York Post that the mayor’s
mandate is lawful and claimed it keeps residents safe. The Epoch Times has
contacted de Blasio’s office for comment.
“Every effort to stop the city’s vaccine mandates has failed in court, and we
believe this suit by the PBA will meet the same fate,” the spokesperson
said. “The city’s vaccine mandates are lawful and keep New Yorkers safe. We’ll
review the case.” De Blasio on Monday echoed a previous claim that officials have “contingencies” for the NYPD and other agencies who lose staff over vaccine mandates. “We’ve seen the mandates move a lot more people to get vaccinated,” he argued. A lawsuit that was filed by Department of Education staff seeking a temporary injunction against a citywide mandate was rejected by a Manhattan federal Judge earlier this month.
Jack Phillips
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Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.
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WHO and WHAT is behind it all ? : >
The bottom line is for the people to regain their original, moral principles, which have intentionally been watered out over the past generations by our press, TV, and other media owned by the Illuminati/Bilderberger Group, corrupting our morals by making misbehavior acceptable to our society. Only in this way shall we conquer this oncoming wave of evil.
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