NYC Shot Mandate Built to Withstand Suits, Lawyers Say (1)

New York City’s newly announced Covid-19 vaccination mandate for private-sector workers goes further than federal proposals, with legal challenges likely trailing in its wake.

The city’s vaccination order applies to every private-sector employer in the city, while the federal OSHA standard set a 100-employee threshold. And New York City’s rule doesn’t allow for weekly testing in lieu of a vaccination, as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration permitted.

The order from Mayor Bill de Blasio requires all private-sector workers to have at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by Dec. 27, just three weeks from now and the day ...