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[ May 30, 2025 ] The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) Awards $500,000 To Alan Lien For Injuries Due To Flu Vaccine ADVOCATZ
[ May 28, 2025 ] The City of New York and the NYC Department of Education Never Intended on Honoring Requests For Religious Exemptions From Getting the COVID Vaccine By Municipal Workers ADVOCATZ
[ May 24, 2025 ] Children’s Health Defense: Americans Want Big Pharma Held Accountable For Vaccine Injuries ADVOCATZ
[ May 23, 2025 ] Why Amy Arundell Should Not Be Elected UFT President ADVOCATZ Op-Ed
[ March 1, 2025 ] Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law ADVOCATZ

The City of New York and the NYC Department of Education Never Intended on Honoring Requests For Religious Exemptions From Getting the COVID Vaccine By Municipal Workers

May 28, 2025 tas-Bilal 0

Aimee, founder of Firsthand Media, has two podcasts that anyone interested in the COVID vaccine mandate in NYC should listen to: New York Mandate Firsthand Report Her reports are informative and she is a true […]

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Why Amy Arundell Should Not Be Elected UFT President

May 23, 2025 0

Amy Arundell running for President of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is a very frightening thought. If you read nothing else in this post, just read through the Transcript-Nov. 2 2021 call to an […]

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The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty

January 25, 2025 0

There is alot of new information available now as opposed to two years ago when the Kane Keil cases were filed and subsequently dismissed, except for two plaintiffs. (See below). Plaintiffs’ request for reconsideration by […]

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When My Notes Were Seized By the NYC Department of Education as Violation of FOIL by Betsy Combier

January 14, 2025 0

The post below is not new, but I love it for the sheer audacity of former NYC DOE General Counsel Michael Best for allowing two pages of my personal notes to be ripped out of my […]

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The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) Awards $500,000 To Alan Lien For Injuries Due To Flu Vaccine May 30, 2025
Guillaine Barre injury from Flu Vaccine $500,000 Vaccine Injury Compensation Awarded to Minnesota Man in Federal Claims Court WASHINGTON, MN, UNITED STATES, May 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — The U.S. Court of Federal Claims,Vaccine Court has [...] The post The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) Awards $500,000 To Alan Lien For Injuries Due To Flu […]
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The City of New York and the NYC Department of Education Never Intended on Honoring Requests For Religious Exemptions From Getting the COVID Vaccine By Municipal Workers May 28, 2025
Aimee, founder of Firsthand Media, has two podcasts that anyone interested in the COVID vaccine mandate in NYC should listen to: New York Mandate Firsthand Report Her reports are informative and she is a true [...] The post The City of New York and the NYC Department of Education Never Intended on Honoring Requests For […]
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Children’s Health Defense: Americans Want Big Pharma Held Accountable For Vaccine Injuries May 24, 2025
On May 26, 2025, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) announced a bombshell finding that “According to his records, Israeli health officials notified the CDC on February 28, 2021, of “large reports of myocarditis particularly in young [...] The post Children’s Health Defense: Americans Want Big Pharma Held Accountable For Vaccine Injuries appeared first on Advocatz.
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Why Amy Arundell Should Not Be Elected UFT President May 23, 2025
Amy Arundell running for President of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is a very frightening thought. If you read nothing else in this post, just read through the Transcript-Nov. 2 2021 call to an [...] The post Why Amy Arundell Should Not Be Elected UFT President appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law March 2, 2025
Employers are not required to honor reasonable accommodations that violate state law This is another COVID-19 reasonable accommodation case. This plaintiff did not want to take the vaccine, claiming it violated her religious convictions. She [...] The post Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Employers May Deny Reasonable Accommodations That Violate State Law appeared first on […]
Betsy Combier
U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Rule in Favor of White Woman in Discrimination Case February 27, 2025
US Supreme Court seems poised to lower bar for ‘reverse discrimination’ suits By John Kruzel, Andrew Chung and Daniel Wiessner, Reuters, February 26, 2025 Summary Woman claims workplace bias because she is heterosexual Lower courts ruled against plaintiff in [...] The post U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Rule in Favor of White Woman in Discrimination Case appeared first on […]
Betsy Combier
Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias February 19, 2025
We like the sound of this, especially if it means that NYC cannot unlawfully fire municipal workers in order to make room on City payroll for uncertified or unqualified employees. Just sayin’ Betsy Combier betsy@advocatz.com [...] The post Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias appeared first on […]
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Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military January 28, 2025
Hawkins v United States WHETHER SECTION 564 AUTHORIZES EUA VACCINES Below are relevant parts, in my opinion, to the argument in defense of not getting the COVID vaccine “In this case, six current and former [...] The post Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 January 26, 2025
The Sad, Sad Story of OSHA’s Failure to Protect Workers From COVID-19 Randy Rabinowitz 1,✉ PMCID: PMC9226955 PMID: 35733390 Abstract In the face of a global pandemic posing unprecedented risks to worker health, the Occupational Safety & Health [...] The post The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 […]
Betsy Combier
The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty January 26, 2025
There is alot of new information available now as opposed to two years ago when the Kane Keil cases were filed and subsequently dismissed, except for two plaintiffs. (See below). Plaintiffs’ request for reconsideration by [...] The post The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier