Mealey's (October 12, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) and teachers and paraprofessionals challenging a COVID-19 vaccine mandate filed briefs in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals addressing their opposing sides in the dispute on Oct. 8, a week after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied their application for injunctive relief....