New York State to Repeal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers

The end of the mandate was announced in an appeals court today, but Hochul administration lawyers are still trying to get rid of the precedent-setting decision that struck it down in a lower court.

At a Rochester, NY appellate court hearing this morning in the case of Medical Professionals for Informed Consent et al v. Mary T. Bassett M.D. et al, a New York State attorney, Jonathan Hitsous, announced that the New York State Department of Health will repeal the statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers in the coming months, and is …