The court, with three justices dissenting, refused to stop the enforcement of the mandate for health care workers that does not include religious exemptions.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said the request to halt the mandate should be denied because if workers are unvaccinated, they are more likely to contract COVID and miss work, creating"a vicious cycle of staff shortages and deterioration of patient care."
As of October 19, roughly 90 percent of health care workers were fully vaccinated and most of the rest had received one of two doses, the state told the high court. Fewer than 2 percent of nursing home, adult care facility and hospital workers had sought a religious exemption, the state said.
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