NYC teachers file emergency request with Supreme Court to block vaccine mandate

A group of New York City' public school teachers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to block the city's vaccine mandate for teachers.

"In attempting to combat the COVID-19 virus, the City of New York, the Department of Education, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene created an Executive Order that places an unconstitutional burden on public-school teachers," read the petition.

"Instead of providing public-school employees with the choice to opt out of the vaccine mandate through weekly testing—an option provided for other municipality employees—the Executive Order forces unvaccinated public-school employees to go on unpaid leave for nearly a year," the petition continued. "The Executive Order threatens the education of thousands of children in the largest public-school system in the country and violates the substantive due process and equal protection rights afforded to all public-school employees.