Judges grant temporary injunction against New York's health care vaccine mandate for religious exemption

New York's vaccine mandate faced another challenge in court Wednesday, with three nurses claiming their religious liberties were being infringed upon.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The lawyer representing the three nurses in court in Lower Manhattan just got a temporary restraining order for his clients, two nurses at Syosset Hospital and a third in Syracuse.

The injunction will temporarily block the state from enforcing its vaccination mandate on health care workers with a religious exemption.

The nurses say the order violates their religious rights.

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The three-judge panel set a hearing for Oct. 14, ostensibly putting enforcement on hold until then.

A separate judge had already issued a similar restraining order upstate until Oct. 12.
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Judges grant temporary injunction against NY health care vaccine mandate for religious exemption