Kiryas Joel Yeshiva To Pay $150,000 For Allowing Unvaccinated Students To Attend

UTA of Kiryas Joel-Markowitz Boys agrees to pay fines levied by New York State's Department of Health

Today is a short post following-up on a news item I brought to your attention on Friday.

Shtetl recently broke a story about a school in Kiryas Joel that faces up to $61 Million in fines for allowing unvaccinated children to attend school at the height of the (still ongoing) COVID-19 pandemic.

A hearing between representatives of the yeshiva and the Department of Health was scheduled for February 14th, 2024, but was not held.

I followed-up with the New York State Department of Health to get a word on what the situation was.

In a statement provided to The Monroe Gazette, New York State Department of Health Public Information Officer Erin Clary said, “Allowing children to attend school without proof of the required immunizations puts lives in jeopardy and undermines the system that exists to protect public health. The Department of Health takes this issue seriously and will investigate and use all enforcement tools at its disposal against those who have been found to have committed such vi…