This decision should be on Everyone’s radar.
Doesn’t matter whether or not you live in NYS.
Reality is NYS Appellate + Court of Appeals Cases Are Routinely Referenced when other states adopt changes to their own Dept. of Health Regulations.
Here is NY Attorney Bobbie Anne Cox who went up against Gov. Hochul. (Cox won in the lower court but now lost in the Appellate Court.)
https://attorneycox.substack.com/p/breaking-news-appellate-court-paves
Here’s the ruling on the original case (2022).
The Judge did a good job of explaining his reasoning behind his decision.
https://nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2022/2022_22418.htm
And here’s the Appellate Decision released published on November 17, 2023
https://nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2022/2022_22418.htm
Next step is to go to highest Court in NYS which is Court of Appeals.
h/t Boring Person