A State Supreme Court judge in the New York City borough of Staten Island has reversed the city’s policy of firing public employees who did not receive the “vaccine” for “covid-19.” In a take-no-prisoners ruling, Justice Ralph J. Porzio ruled in favor of city employees who asserted that they had a condition of employment illegally added to their job requirements.
The case, captioned Garvey et al., vs. The City of New York et al., was decided Monday. The judge ordered that the fired employees be given back their jobs and compensated for back pay.
“As this court stated in its decision in the Rivicci matter, this is not a commentary on the efficacy of the vaccination, but about how we are treating our first responders, the ones who worked day-to-day through the pandemic,” the court ruled.
“They worked without protective gear. They were infected with Covid-19, creating natural immunity. They continued working full duty while their exemption requests were pending. They were terminated and are are willing to come back to work for the City that cast them aside.”
