The Police Benevolent Association, which filed suit Oct. 25 to stop the city and the NYPD from enforcing its vaccine mandate on officers and other city employees, was twice denied temporary restraining orders before the directive's imposition Oct. 29.
Despite pronounced opposition from the PBA and other police unions to the mandate, which called for cops and others to get a first shot of a coronavirus vaccine by the close of business Friday or face suspension without pay, a significant number of officers received an initial jab since the mandate was announced Oct. 20.
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