UFT

“This is going to become difficult and ugly,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew said at a news conference on Thursday.

Davy, who made a six-figure salary at UFT Charter School, has been on unpaid leave since last fall, when her petition for a religious exemption was denied after the city mandated all school workers get vaccinated.

“I feel we should be remote until every single person who goes to school is tested,” said Lydia Howrilka, a history and government teacher in New York who is part of the UFT Solidarity faction within the union.

Louis Gelormino, an attorney for the UFT, told Fox News he was prepared to take the case to the Supreme Court.

"The city’s estimate is that 97% of the teachers have been vaccinated, but according to our recent survey of UFT chapter leaders, only about one-third believe that as of now their schools can open without disruption, given the potential shortage of unvaccinated personnel, including school aides and security personnel," said Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers.