02/20/2026
🚨 BIG WIN FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM! 🚨
A federal judge just ruled in favor of our client — a former Assistant Commissioner of Training with the NYC Department of Corrections — finding that the City failed to prove he lacked a sincere religious belief warranting an exemption from the COVID-19 shot AND failed to show that granting the exemption posed any actual health or safety risk.
This is a landmark victory for every city employee who stood on principle and paid the price. Religious freedom is not just a slogan — it's a constitutional right. To our knowledge, this is the first decision in the Second Circuit to push back against the blanket dismissal of religious discrimination claims under Title VII based on a false narrative that has gone undefeated for far too long. ✊ . New York Post The New York Times (Daniel Chavez v City of New York et al., 23-cv-07754)
