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New York State Supreme Court Judge Court Justice Ralph Porzio ordered back pay for the fired city workers.

A similar case is making its way through state courts.

An NYPD detective’s petition alleges the mandate violates New York’s laws around voluntary informed consent. Justices meet Friday to discuss the case.

City officials immediately appealed a New York State Supreme Court judge's ruling on Friday ordering that police officers terminated for not complying with vaccine mandates be reinstated.

Tuesday’s announcement marked the formal end to a controversial mandate that received little enforcement under Mayor Eric Adams.

Nurse Sophia Labarbera-Limone has caught the coronavirus multiple times and has had one dose of mRNA vaccine. But she refused to take a full course of shots due to a documented allergy and was fired by NYC Health + Hospitals.

Neither Tuesday's announcement nor a health advisory from Monday contained a new mandate for mask wearing, despite city policy recommending such a measure.

Anyone not infected during the first months of the year would still likely be susceptible to infection with BA.2 and other omicron spinoffs, hence why the city has moved from low to medium risk.

City officials won’t say how many of its more than 5,000 unvaccinated officers have received exemptions or termination letters so far.

The mayor cited the decision as one of economic necessity and denied he succumbed to public pressure.