Longtime Queens teacher, Daphne Halkias, escorted out of school despite court win over COVID vaccine
A veteran Queens teacher who was fired for refusing to get the COVID vaccine and then reinstated by a judge says she was still blocked from entering her school Tuesday.
A judge last month ruled that Halkias was to be reinstated to the city Department of Education effective Aug. 1, after a protracted court battle over her employment.Veteran city teacher Daphne Halkias, who was fired for refusing to get the COVID vaccine and then reinstated by the courts, says she wasn’t allowed into her school Tuesday.
Halkias was making $128,000 annually after her years with the agency and was only six months away from reaching full retirement benefits at the time she was fired, she said. Halkias’ lawyer, James Mermigis — who has been dubbed the “anti-shutdown” lawyer for his pandemic-related litigation – said he wonders if the fact that his client was a top-tier paid teacher who was months away from retirement explained why the DOE was fighting so hard against her reinstatement.
“Numerous courts have upheld the city’s thorough process for evaluating requests for religious accommodations in connection with the vaccine mandate,” Styer said.
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