INTERVIEWS: Attorney Sujata Gibson and Petitioners Talk Class-Action Lawsuit Against DOE Vax Mandate

On May 18, 2023, Attorney Sujata Gibson argued against a motion by the City to dismiss DiCapua et al v. City of New York et al in Judge Ralph Porzio’s Staten Island courtroom. This lawsuit was brought by 14 current and former NYC Department of Education employees who were adversely affected by the DOE’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as well as the organization Teachers for Choice.

The case is a proposed class action lawsuit, and in the hearing, Judge Porzio set a June 7 date to deliver his decision on the motion to dismiss and, assuming the case is not dismissed, hear arguments on class action certification. If DiCapua is certified as a class action lawsuit, its outcome would apply to many current and former DOE employees beyond the named petitioners.

Attorney Sujata Gibson and two of the petitioners in the DiCapua et al v. City of New York et al anti-mandate lawsuit talked with me outside the Staten Island Courthouse, after the hearing.

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