Judge Frank Nervo granted a hearing (pdf) that could lead to a restraining order against the mandate that was imposed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Oct. 20, replacing what was originally a requirement to get the vaccine or be tested weekly for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19.

Under the mandate, NYPD officers and other municipal workers who failed to get their first COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 29 have been on unpaid leave since Nov. 1.

According to court papers, the hearing is scheduled for Dec. 14 at 11:30 a.m., and the mayor's office has until Dec. 13 to respond.

Pending the hearing, de Blasio, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave Chokshi, and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, New York City's Board of Health, and the city of New York are "restrained from enforcing" the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers and certain city contractors, the document states.