NYC parents plan to sue the mayor over mask mandates for young kids

A gaggle of New York Metropolis mother and father on Monday introduced an imminent lawsuit towards Mayor Eric Adams over his persevering with masks mandates for youngsters 4 and underneath in colleges.

 The information got here at a rally exterior Metropolis Corridor protesting face coverings for younger kids after the mayor lifted faculty masks mandates for Okay-12 college students. Officers stated they stored the restrictions in place for youthful youngsters as a result of they don’t seem to be eligible for vaccines.

However mother and father countered that the tots aren’t vulnerable to critical hurt from COVID-19 an infection.  

“When you begin these laws that the Division of Well being has imposed on our youngsters, you notice not solely are they anti-child, not solely are they anti-science, not solely are they anti-parent, however they’re illegal,” stated lawyer and public faculty mum or dad Michael Chessa. 

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He stated he’s serving to to convey the go well with this week in Manhattan Supreme Courtroom that may ask for a direct order barring the town from implementing the masking of toddlers in class. 

NYC mother and father protest masks mandate at Metropolis Corridor March 7, 2022.
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As well as, Chessa stated the go well with will argue that the mandate shouldn’t have been enacted by means of the Division of Well being however ought to have been voted on by the state legislature and known as the bypassing of this course of “unconstitutional.”

Chessa has a 15-year-old, a 3-year-old and a 2-year-old in public faculty. “We aren’t anti-mask, we’re pro-choice,” he stated. “We wish the mother and father to lastly select what’s finest for our youngsters,” he added, eliciting applause from the gang of about 100 individuals, together with greater than a dozen kids.

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Metropolis mum or dad Daniela Jampel, who helped set up the rally, stated kids 2 to 4 years previous have the very same danger of hospitalization as kids 5 and older, who now not need to put on a masks. “I don’t want a examine to inform me that masking babies for over two years goes to hurt them,” she stated.

NYC mum or dad and schooling advocate Maud Maron speaks at an anti-mask rally exterior Metropolis Corridor March 7, 2022.
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One other mum or dad, Megan Martin, who’s an anesthesiologist with a level in public well being, stated the coverage contradicts the science. 

“My 4-year-old daughter’s face stays coated, not seeing the grins of her mates or academics,” she stated. “Persevering with to masks 2 to 4-year-olds is pointless, and worse, does actual hurt to their academic and social progress.”

Mother or father activist and congressional candidate Maud Maron, who pushed for colleges to reopen and has opposed masks mandates, known as on the mayor to step in. 

“No mum or dad ought to need to battle this difficult to get normalcy for his or her kids,” she stated. “I believe Mayor Adams is attempting to do the precise factor on quite a lot of fronts, and we’re right here to say to him, the precise factor is to unmask our toddlers as a result of the science helps it.” 

Adams was interviewed on NY1 Monday morning and informed mother and father to belief him. He stated we’re unmasking Okay-12 public faculty kids, however the youthful youngsters are utterly unvaccinated, and there’s a greater hospitalization fee for them than different youth age teams. 

“We’re going to get there,” he stated. “We’ll lose the masks. We will see if there’s any spike in Okay-12, then we’ll come again for the infants.”