NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police detective has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the city from firing him and other workers for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Lawyers for Detective Anthony Marciano asked the court Thursday for an emergency injunction that would block the city from enforcing a rule requiring all municipal employees to get vaccinated.
Marciano, a 10-year police veteran, was among a small percentage of civil servants who refused the shots and didn’t qualify for a medical or religious exemption.
More than 1,000 New York City employees have been fired for refusing the vaccines, and others are waiting to find out whether their requests for exemptions will be approved.
Legal challenges to the rules have largely failed, but Marciano’s case is still pending in a federal appeals court. In a petition to the Supreme Court, Marciano’s lawyer asked Justice Sonia Sotomayor to block the city from enforcing its rule until that appeal is resolved.
“Each day more and more municipal workers are being fired for refusing the EUA Covid 19 mandate in a City riddled with crime, and rapidly decaying, in need of more, not less, skilled municipal workers,” wrote the lawyer, Patricia Finn.
Marciano argues in his legal filing that he has “natural immunity” to COVID-19 and the vaccines against the virus have “simply too many adverse consequences that applicant is unwilling to risk.”
Health authorities say the COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States are safe, and they recommend vaccination even among people who have acquired some immunity from previous infections.
New York’s previous mayor, Bill de Blasio, mandated that all workplaces in the city — including private businesses — only admit vaccinated workers, with certain exemptions for professional athletes and entertainers.
A police department spokesperson said the department would not comment on pending litigation. A message seeking comment was sent to representatives for Mayor Eric Adams and the city law department.
Also on Thursday, leaders of the union representing city firefighters held a news conference to discuss the status of firefighters who face termination over their refusal to get vaccinated. A message seeking comment was sent to the Fire Department.
My body , my choice applies only to murdering your kids. Sane medical decisions are not allowed.
The mandates are obsolete
They were always wrong
But at least their proponents could argue it was to “protect those around you” And Insist it was for the safety of the workplace
Now we know that the vaccinated are getting covid more frequently and having it for longer
Only the unvaccinated should be allowed back in work…
If you want a mandate, they need to at least give a reason why it makes sense logically.
Oy vey, anti vaxers, I thought it’s only Monsey Jews that have this issue.
Oy, when will the world see the light of the Soros run Government?
As this detective could not prove that he is naturally immune, we must conclude that he is just an anti-vaxxer. So the choice is simple – get the jabs or get another job.