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`INDEX NO. 617287/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/10/2020
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`STATE
`COUNTY
`
`OF NEW YORK,
`OF SUFFOLK
`
`SUPREME
`
`COURT
`
`Dina
`
`Phillips,
`
`Bradford
`Michael
`
`Stacy
`Kristen
`Paula
`
`Peggy
`Dina
`
`Melissa
`
`v.
`
`Andrew
`
`Phillips,
`Capuano,
`Ortiz
`
`Goldberg,
`
`Rossi,
`Hughes
`
`Brown,
`
`DeVito,
`Clements,
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners,
`
`Cuomo,
`as Governor
`
`in his
`of
`
`official
`the State
`
`capacity
`of New
`
`York,
`
`Howard
`
`Zucker,
`Commissioner
`
`official
`in his
`of Health
`
`as
`capacity
`for
`the State
`
`of New
`
`York,
`
`Defendants/Respondents.
`
`SUMMONS
`
`Index
`
`Number
`
`YOU ARE
`
`HEREBY
`
`SUMMONED
`
`and
`
`required
`
`to serve
`
`upon
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners
`
`an
`
`answer
`
`to the Complaint
`
`and Verified
`
`Article
`
`78 Petition
`
`in this
`
`action
`
`within
`
`twenty
`
`days
`
`(20)
`
`da3 s
`
`(or within
`
`days
`
`after
`
`t1 e
`
`after
`
`service
`
`of
`
`this
`
`summons,
`
`exclusive
`
`of
`
`the
`
`day
`
`of
`
`service
`
`thirty
`
`(30)
`
`service
`
`is completed
`
`if
`
`this
`
`summons
`
`is not
`
`personally
`
`delivered
`
`to you within
`
`the State
`
`of Ne
`
`v
`
`York),
`
`and
`
`in the
`
`case
`
`of
`
`your
`
`failure
`
`to appear
`
`or answer,
`
`judgment
`
`will
`
`be taken
`
`against
`
`you
`
`t y
`
`default
`
`for
`
`the relief
`
`demanded
`
`in the Complaint
`
`and Verified
`
`Petition
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR Article
`
`78.
`
`DATED:
`
`November
`
`10, 2020
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`Carl
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`J. Schwartz,
`Jr., Esquire
`for Plaintiffs/Petitioners
`Attorney
`131 Main
`Suites
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`Street,
`681
`Box
`P.O.
`Yan, New York
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`FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 11/10/2020 08:53 PM
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`INDEX NO. 617287/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/10/2020
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`NEW YORK STATE,
`COUNTY
`OF SUFFOLK
`
`SUPREME
`
`COURT
`
`Dina
`Phillips,
`Bradford
`Phillips,
`Michael
`Capuano,
`Ortiz
`Goldberg,
`Rossi,
`Hughes,
`Brown,
`DeVito,
`Clements,
`
`Peggy
`Dina
`Melissa
`
`Stacy
`Kristen
`Paula
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners,
`
`COMPLAINT
`VERIFIED
`
`& ARTICLE
`PETITION
`
`78
`
`Index
`
`No.
`
`Against
`
`Andrew
`Governor
`
`in his
`Cuomo,
`of
`the State
`
`official
`capacity
`of New York,
`
`as
`
`Howard
`Zucker,
`Commissioner
`
`in his
`of Health
`
`official
`for
`
`capacity
`the State
`
`as
`of New York,
`
`Defendants/Respondents.
`
`BROUGHT
`AS AND FOR A PROCEEDING
`PURSUANT
`78 AND 3001 OF THE CPLR.
`ARTICLE
`
`TO
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners,
`
`allege
`
`through
`
`counsel,
`
`the
`
`following:
`
`NATURE
`
`OF THE PROCEEDING
`
`1.
`
`This
`
`proceeding
`
`is brought
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`Articles
`
`78
`
`and
`
`3001,
`
`seeking
`
`an
`
`injunction
`
`and
`
`declaratory
`
`relief,
`
`challenging
`
`as
`
`unlawful
`
`and
`
`unconstitutional,
`
`emergency
`
`measures,
`
`specifically,
`
`but
`
`not
`
`limited
`
`to
`
`as
`
`updated
`
`from
`
`time
`
`to
`
`time,
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`202.6,
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`202.7,
`
`202.8,
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`INDEX NO. 617287/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/10/2020
`202.9,
`202.10,
`202.11,
`
`orders
`
`202.1,
`
`202.3,
`
`202.4,
`
`202.5,
`
`202.13,
`
`202.18,
`
`202.48,
`
`202.49,
`
`202.53,
`
`202.55,
`
`202.28,
`
`202.29,
`
`enacted
`
`by
`
`the
`
`Defendants/Respondents
`
`in
`
`their
`
`official
`
`capacities
`
`as Governor
`
`of
`
`the
`
`State
`
`of New
`
`York,
`
`and
`
`Commissioner
`
`of Health
`
`of New
`
`York
`
`State,
`
`in
`
`response
`
`to
`
`the
`
`Covidl9
`
`pandemic.
`
`2.
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners
`
`allege
`
`that
`
`the
`
`emergency
`
`measures
`
`referenced
`
`above
`
`violate
`
`the
`
`rights
`
`of assembly
`
`and
`
`free
`
`speech
`
`clauses
`
`of
`
`the First
`
`Amendment
`
`of
`
`the Constitution
`
`of
`
`the United
`
`States.
`
`3.
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners
`
`allege
`
`that
`
`the
`
`emergency
`
`measures
`
`referenced
`
`above
`
`violate
`
`the
`
`government's
`
`taking
`
`and
`
`due
`
`process
`
`(being
`
`deprived
`
`of
`
`life,
`
`liberty
`
`or
`
`property,
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Fifth
`
`Amendment
`
`of
`
`of
`
`the
`
`without
`
`due
`
`process
`
`of
`
`law)
`
`clauses
`
`the Constitution
`
`United
`
`States.
`
`4.
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners
`
`allege
`
`that
`
`the
`
`emergency
`
`measures
`
`referenced
`
`above
`
`violate
`
`the
`
`right
`
`of due
`
`process
`
`clause
`
`as well
`
`as the
`
`right
`
`to privacy
`
`as specifically
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`the United
`
`States
`
`Supreme
`
`Court
`
`in
`
`the
`
`case
`
`of Roe
`
`v. Wade,
`
`410
`
`U.S.
`
`113,
`
`citing
`
`by
`
`the
`
`Fourteenth
`
`Amendment
`
`of
`
`the Constitution
`
`of
`
`the United
`
`States.
`
`5.
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners
`
`allege
`
`that
`
`the
`
`emergency
`
`measures
`
`referenced
`
`above
`
`violate
`
`the
`
`rights
`
`of Plaintiffs/Petitioners
`
`to a plethora
`
`of medical
`
`rights
`
`including
`
`but
`
`not
`
`limited
`
`to
`
`those
`
`rights
`
`afforded
`
`by
`
`the
`
`Health
`
`Insurance
`
`Portability
`
`And
`
`Accountability
`
`(HIPAA)
`
`passed
`
`by
`
`the United
`
`States
`
`Congress
`
`at Public
`
`Law
`
`104-191
`
`on August
`
`Act
`
`21,
`
`1996.
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`6.
`
`Plaintiffs/Petitioners
`
`Dina
`
`and Bradford
`
`Phillips
`
`are residents
`
`of Selden,
`
`County
`
`of Suffolk,
`
`State
`
`of New York,
`
`and
`
`the
`
`parents
`
`of 2 school
`
`age
`
`children
`
`in the Middle
`
`Country
`
`School
`
`District,
`
`who
`
`are all
`
`subject
`
`to the
`
`rules
`
`and mandates
`
`issued
`
`out
`
`of
`
`Albany
`
`that
`
`are being
`
`adopted
`
`by
`
`the
`
`local
`
`school
`
`district
`
`and
`
`that
`
`are limiting
`
`and
`
`restricting
`
`their
`
`full
`
`and
`
`free
`
`access
`
`to the
`
`normal
`
`and
`
`customary
`
`educational
`
`and
`
`extracurricular
`
`activities
`
`that would
`
`otherwise
`
`be enjoyed.
`
`This
`
`includes
`
`masking,
`
`social
`
`distancing,
`
`hybrid
`
`or online
`
`schooling,
`
`lack
`
`of
`
`social
`
`interaction,
`
`and
`
`excessive
`
`medical
`
`mandates/Covid-19
`
`procedures
`
`being
`
`imposed
`
`upon
`
`families
`
`through
`
`the New York
`
`State.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Bradford
`
`Phillips,
`
`an employee
`
`of a business
`
`subject
`
`to the mandates
`
`and
`
`various
`
`executive
`
`orders
`
`of
`
`the Respondents,
`
`has been
`
`furloughed
`
`and
`
`has not
`
`been
`
`able
`
`to return,
`
`creating
`
`a financial
`
`hardship
`
`for Plaintiffs.
`
`Plaintiffs,
`
`Dina
`
`and Bradford
`
`but
`
`for
`
`capricious
`
`regulations
`
`Phillips,
`
`are the
`
`parents
`
`of a child
`
`who,
`
`arbitrary
`
`and
`
`being
`
`foisted
`
`upon
`
`our
`
`houses
`
`of worship,
`
`was
`
`prepared
`
`to
`
`participate
`
`in the
`
`holy
`
`sacrament
`
`of
`
`Confirmation
`
`in the Catholic
`
`Church.
`
`The
`
`rules
`
`that
`
`the Church
`
`felt
`
`compelled
`
`to obey
`
`as
`
`dictated
`
`by Respondents,
`
`rendered
`
`the
`
`sacrament
`
`and
`
`the
`
`ceremony
`
`so devoid
`
`of
`
`its holy
`
`nature
`
`that
`
`the Plaintiffs
`
`were
`
`unable
`
`to participate
`
`in the
`
`sacrament
`
`at
`
`this
`
`time.
`
`Michael
`
`Capuano
`
`is a resident
`
`of Sound
`
`of
`
`Plaintiff/Petitioner
`
`Beach,
`
`County
`
`Suffolk,
`
`State
`
`of New York.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is a father
`
`of
`
`1 school
`
`age child
`
`in the Sachem
`
`Central
`
`School
`
`District.
`
`The
`
`district's
`
`insistence
`
`on full
`
`compliance
`
`with
`
`ALL
`
`mandates,
`
`guidelines
`
`and
`
`orders
`
`issued
`
`by Respondents
`
`has
`
`severely
`
`affected
`
`plaintiff's
`
`child's
`
`ability
`
`to learn
`
`and
`
`thrive.
`
`Social
`
`distancing
`
`has
`
`impacted
`
`her
`
`social
`
`and
`
`emotional
`
`health
`
`and
`
`forced
`
`isolation
`
`has
`
`stunted
`
`normal
`
`childhood
`
`development.
`
`The masking
`
`and
`
`limited
`
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`school
`
`day
`
`has
`
`compelled
`
`Plaintiff
`
`to seek
`
`private
`
`school
`
`instruction
`
`for
`
`his
`
`child
`
`which
`
`has
`
`impacted
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`family
`
`financially,
`
`creating
`
`additional
`
`stress.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is a
`
`landlord
`
`who
`
`has been
`
`significantly
`
`impacted
`
`by
`
`the Covid-19
`
`shutdowns
`
`and New York
`
`State mandates/guidelines.
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`tenants
`
`have
`
`fallen
`
`behind
`
`in paying
`
`their monthly
`
`rent
`
`or do not
`
`pay
`
`on time.
`
`Due
`
`to the
`
`new
`
`regulations
`
`put
`
`in place
`
`the State
`
`of New
`
`by
`
`York,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has no legal
`
`recourse
`
`at
`
`this
`
`time
`
`to collect
`
`rent.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Michael
`
`Capuano,
`
`and
`
`his
`
`family
`
`have
`
`been
`
`deprived
`
`the
`
`ability
`
`to attend
`
`weekly
`
`services
`
`and
`
`assemble
`
`as they
`
`see fit
`
`at
`
`their
`
`local
`
`church
`
`due
`
`to the
`
`excessive
`
`and
`
`unnecessary
`
`mandates
`
`restricting
`
`worship
`
`in New York
`
`State.
`
`Plaintiff/Petitioner
`
`Stacy
`
`Ortiz
`
`Goldberg
`
`is a resident
`
`of Selden,
`
`County
`
`of
`
`and
`
`parent
`
`of 2 school-age
`
`children
`
`in the Middle
`
`Suffolk,
`
`State
`
`of New York,
`
`a working
`
`Country
`
`Central
`
`School
`
`District,
`
`who
`
`have
`
`been
`
`emotionally,
`
`mentally
`
`and
`
`physically
`
`impaired
`
`due
`
`to the
`
`rules
`
`and
`
`regulations
`
`imposed
`
`by
`
`the State
`
`including
`
`social
`
`distancing,
`
`restriction
`
`of extracurricular
`
`activities
`
`(and
`
`sports),
`
`and masking
`
`policies.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Stacy
`
`Ortiz
`
`Goldberg,
`
`is a parent
`
`of a hearing-impaired
`
`child
`
`who
`
`has not
`
`specialized
`
`care
`
`from
`
`the
`
`district
`
`since
`
`school
`
`closed
`
`in March
`
`2020
`
`and
`
`the
`
`received
`
`any
`
`child
`
`has
`
`regressed
`
`due
`
`to the
`
`school's
`
`closure.
`
`Current
`
`school
`
`policies
`
`include
`
`masking
`
`at all
`
`times
`
`in addition
`
`to social
`
`distancing.
`
`These
`
`draconian
`
`regulations
`
`do not
`
`allow
`
`children
`
`who
`
`are hearing
`
`impaired
`
`to see teacher's
`
`mouths.
`
`Masking,
`
`specifically,
`
`does
`
`not
`
`allow
`
`for
`
`children
`
`to practice
`
`forming
`
`words
`
`correctly,
`
`see tongue
`
`placement,
`
`or
`
`mimic
`
`phonetics
`
`due
`
`to facial
`
`hindrance.
`
`Children
`
`with
`
`hearing
`
`impairments
`
`require
`
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`in-person
`
`instruction.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Stacy
`
`Ortiz
`
`Goldberg
`
`is in the
`
`travel
`
`business
`
`which
`
`is
`
`subject
`
`to the mandates
`
`and
`
`various
`
`executive
`
`orders
`
`of
`
`the Respondents.
`
`Due
`
`to the
`
`excessive
`
`executive
`
`orders
`
`and mandates
`
`by
`
`the Respondents,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Stacy
`
`Ortiz
`
`Goldberg
`
`has been
`
`unable
`
`to work
`
`with
`
`clients
`
`as she had
`
`been
`
`accustomed
`
`to
`
`successfully
`
`doing
`
`pre-COVID-19
`
`and
`
`has
`
`suffered
`
`significant
`
`income
`
`loss.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has
`
`of
`
`also
`
`had
`
`to reduce
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`time
`
`dedicated
`
`to her
`
`career
`
`to accommodate
`
`the
`
`new
`
`hybrid
`
`school
`
`schedules,
`
`which
`
`requires
`
`Plaintiff
`
`to be at home.
`
`Plaintiff/Petitioner
`
`Kristen
`
`Rossi
`
`is a resident
`
`of Coram,
`
`County
`
`of Suffolk,
`
`State
`
`of New York
`
`and
`
`is a parent
`
`of 2 school-age
`
`children
`
`in the Middle
`
`Country
`
`School
`
`District
`
`all being
`
`subjected
`
`to and
`
`being
`
`negatively
`
`affected
`
`by
`
`the
`
`rules
`
`and mandates
`
`out
`
`of Albany.
`
`These
`
`guidelines
`
`and mandates
`
`from
`
`Respondents
`
`that
`
`issued
`
`are being
`
`adopted
`
`by
`
`the
`
`local
`
`school
`
`district
`
`are
`
`limiting
`
`and
`
`restricting
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`children
`
`from
`
`full
`
`and
`
`free
`
`access
`
`to the
`
`normal
`
`and
`
`customary
`
`educational
`
`and
`
`extracurricular
`
`activities
`
`that would
`
`otherwise
`
`be
`
`enjoyed
`
`children
`
`by
`
`of New York
`
`State.
`
`This
`
`includes
`
`masking,
`
`social
`
`distancing,
`
`hybrid
`
`or online
`
`schooling,
`
`lack
`
`of
`
`social
`
`interaction,
`
`and
`
`medical
`
`mandates/Covid-19
`
`procedures
`
`imposed
`
`upon
`
`families
`
`through
`
`excessive
`
`being
`
`the New York
`
`State.
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`daughters
`
`were
`
`budding
`
`gymnasts
`
`in USAG
`
`gymnastics,
`
`and
`
`due
`
`to the
`
`draconian
`
`regulations
`
`imposed
`
`by
`
`the Respondents,
`
`gymnastics
`
`training
`
`has been
`
`limited
`
`and most meets
`
`and
`
`competitions
`
`cancelled.
`
`Plaintiff/Petitioner
`
`Paula
`
`Hughes
`
`is a resident
`
`of Selden,
`
`County
`
`of Suffolk,
`
`State
`
`of New York
`
`and
`
`is a parent
`
`of 2 school-age
`
`children
`
`in the Middle
`
`Country
`
`School
`
`District,
`
`and
`
`1 college-age
`
`child
`
`at SUNY
`
`Cortland,
`
`all being
`
`subjected
`
`to and
`
`being
`
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`negatively
`
`affected
`
`by
`
`the
`
`rules
`
`and mandates
`
`issued
`
`out
`
`of Albany.
`
`These
`
`guidelines
`
`and mandates
`
`from
`
`Respondents
`
`that
`
`are being
`
`adopted
`
`by
`
`the
`
`local
`
`school
`
`district
`
`and
`
`the
`
`university
`
`are limiting
`
`and
`
`restricting
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`children
`
`from
`
`full
`
`and
`
`free
`
`access
`
`to
`
`the
`
`normal
`
`and
`
`customary
`
`educational
`
`and
`
`extracurricular
`
`activities
`
`that would
`
`otherwise
`
`be
`
`enjoyed
`
`children
`
`of New York
`
`State.
`
`This
`
`includes
`
`social
`
`by
`
`masking,
`
`distancing,
`
`hybrid
`
`or online
`
`schooling,
`
`lack
`
`of
`
`social
`
`interaction,
`
`and
`
`excessive
`
`medical
`
`mandates/Covid-19
`
`procedures
`
`being
`
`imposed
`
`upon
`
`families
`
`through
`
`the New York
`
`State.
`
`Each
`
`child
`
`of Plaintiff's
`
`family
`
`has been
`
`denied
`
`extracurricular
`
`activities,
`
`most
`
`notably
`
`sports,
`
`for which
`
`each
`
`has
`
`a passion.
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`daughter
`
`is a competitive
`
`gymnast
`
`and
`
`the mandates
`
`imposed
`
`by
`
`the Respondents
`
`have
`
`cancelled
`
`competitions
`
`for
`
`and
`
`incurred
`
`additional
`
`costs
`
`for Plaintiff
`
`to obtain
`
`personal
`
`the
`
`foreseeable
`
`future
`
`equipment
`
`for
`
`her
`
`daughter's
`
`practices.
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`son,
`
`a rising
`
`football
`
`star,
`
`had
`
`his
`
`college
`
`division
`
`3 football
`
`season
`
`cancelled
`
`as well
`
`as practices
`
`paused,
`
`due
`
`to the
`
`draconian
`
`regulations
`
`imposed
`
`the Respondents.
`
`by
`
`Plaintiff/Petitioner
`
`Peggy
`
`Brown
`
`is a resident
`
`of Centereach,
`
`County
`
`of Suffolk,
`
`State
`
`of
`
`New York.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Peggy
`
`Brown,
`
`is a business
`
`owner
`
`whose
`
`business
`
`is subject
`
`to the
`
`various
`
`executive
`
`orders
`
`of
`
`the Respondents.
`
`Due
`
`to the
`
`excessive
`
`mandates
`
`and
`
`executive
`
`orders
`
`and mandates
`
`by
`
`the Respondents,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has been
`
`unable
`
`to operate
`
`her
`
`business
`
`or work
`
`with
`
`clients
`
`as she had
`
`been
`
`accustomed
`
`to successfully
`
`doing
`
`pre-COVID-19
`
`and
`
`has
`
`suffered
`
`significant
`
`income
`
`loss.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`owns
`
`and
`
`operates
`
`a
`
`nail
`
`salon
`
`in Suffolk
`
`County,
`
`New York.
`
`The
`
`draconian
`
`measures
`
`have
`
`significantly
`
`affected
`
`nail
`
`salons,
`
`making
`
`clients
`
`hesitant
`
`to visit
`
`the
`
`salon
`
`to obtain
`
`services.
`
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`imposition
`
`of
`
`the
`
`restrictions
`
`and mandates
`
`by
`
`the Respondents
`
`on the Plaintiff's
`
`business
`
`has
`
`impacted
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`family
`
`financially,
`
`creating
`
`additional
`
`stress.
`
`Plaintiff/Petitioner
`
`Dina
`
`DeVito
`
`is a resident
`
`of Selden,
`
`County
`
`of Suffolk,
`
`State
`
`of New York.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is the mother
`
`of
`
`2 school
`
`age
`
`children
`
`in the Middle
`
`Country
`
`Central
`
`School
`
`District
`
`both
`
`being
`
`subjected
`
`to and
`
`negatively
`
`affected
`
`the
`
`rules
`
`and
`
`by
`
`mandates
`
`issued
`
`by
`
`the State
`
`of New York.
`
`These
`
`guidelines
`
`and mandates
`
`from
`
`the
`
`that
`
`Respondents
`
`are being
`
`adopted
`
`by
`
`the
`
`local
`
`school
`
`district
`
`is limiting
`
`and
`
`restricting
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`children
`
`from
`
`full
`
`and
`
`free
`
`access
`
`to the
`
`normal
`
`and
`
`educational
`
`and
`
`extracurricular
`
`activities
`
`that would
`
`otherwise
`
`be enjoyed
`
`customary
`
`by
`
`children
`
`of New York
`
`State.
`
`. This
`
`includes
`
`masking,
`
`social
`
`distancing,
`
`hybrid
`
`or online
`
`schooling,
`
`lack
`
`of
`
`social
`
`interaction,
`
`and
`
`excessive
`
`medical
`
`mandates/Covid-19
`
`procedures
`
`being
`
`imposed
`
`upon
`
`families
`
`through
`
`the New York
`
`State.
`
`The mandates
`
`school
`
`district
`
`have
`
`and
`
`restrictions
`
`imposed
`
`by Respondents
`
`on the
`
`local
`
`denied
`
`children
`
`access
`
`to lockers
`
`and,
`
`therefore,
`
`have
`
`forced
`
`children
`
`to carry
`
`all
`
`their
`
`belongings
`
`in backpacks
`
`for
`
`the
`
`entire
`
`day.
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`daughter,
`
`a competitive
`
`gymnast,
`
`is suffering
`
`from
`
`back
`
`pain
`
`due
`
`to these
`
`draconian
`
`measures.
`
`Currently
`
`under
`
`the
`
`care
`
`of an orthopedic
`
`doctor
`
`and
`
`in physical
`
`therapy
`
`for
`
`her
`
`back
`
`pain,
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`daughter
`
`has not
`
`had
`
`the
`
`to participate
`
`in the
`
`limited
`
`gymnastic
`
`practices
`
`available
`
`to her.
`
`ability
`
`As
`
`a result
`
`of
`
`the
`
`lack
`
`of proper
`
`instruction
`
`from
`
`the
`
`local
`
`school
`
`district,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`compelled
`
`to seek
`
`private
`
`tutoring
`
`instruction
`
`for
`
`the
`
`children
`
`which
`
`has
`
`impacted
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`family
`
`financially,
`
`creating
`
`additional
`
`stress.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has
`
`also
`
`incurred
`
`significant
`
`impact
`
`to her
`
`career
`
`and
`
`family
`
`life,
`
`due
`
`to her
`
`inability
`
`to travel
`
`to her work
`
`office
`
`during
`
`normal
`
`business
`
`hours
`
`in order
`
`to accommodate
`
`the
`
`new
`
`hybrid
`
`school
`
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`schedules,
`
`which
`
`require
`
`Plaintiff
`
`to be at home.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`and
`
`her
`
`family
`
`have
`
`been
`
`deprived
`
`the
`
`ability
`
`to attend
`
`weekly
`
`services
`
`and
`
`assemble
`
`as they
`
`see fit
`
`at
`
`their
`
`local
`
`church
`
`due
`
`to the
`
`excessive
`
`and
`
`unnecessary
`
`mandates
`
`restricting
`
`worship
`
`in New York
`
`State.
`
`Plaintiff/Petitioner
`
`Melissa
`
`Clements
`
`is a resident
`
`of Kings
`
`Park,
`
`County
`
`of
`
`Suffolk,
`
`State
`
`of New York,
`
`and
`
`is the parent
`
`of
`
`1 college-age
`
`child,
`
`attending
`
`Suffolk
`
`Community
`
`College,
`
`and
`
`being
`
`subjected
`
`to and
`
`negatively
`
`affected
`
`by
`
`the
`
`rules
`
`and
`
`mandates
`
`issued
`
`by
`
`the State
`
`of New York.
`
`These
`
`guidelines
`
`and mandates
`
`from
`
`Respondents
`
`that
`
`are being
`
`adopted
`
`by
`
`the
`
`local
`
`colleges
`
`are limiting
`
`and
`
`restricting
`
`child
`
`from
`
`full
`
`and
`
`free
`
`access
`
`to the
`
`normal
`
`educational
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`and
`
`customary
`
`and
`
`extracurricular/sports
`
`activities
`
`that would
`
`otherwise
`
`be enjoyed
`
`by
`
`college
`
`or university
`
`students
`
`of New York
`
`State.
`
`This
`
`includes
`
`masking,
`
`social
`
`distancing,
`
`hybrid
`
`or online
`
`schooling,
`
`and
`
`excessive
`
`medical
`
`mandates/Covid-19
`
`procedures
`
`being
`
`imposed
`
`upon
`
`families
`
`in New York
`
`State.
`
`The
`
`draconian
`
`measures
`
`have
`
`significantly
`
`impacted
`
`the
`
`college
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`child
`
`attends
`
`and
`
`her
`
`ability
`
`to enroll
`
`in in-person
`
`courses
`
`and
`
`participate
`
`in labs with
`
`the
`
`new measures
`
`created
`
`by Respondents,
`
`possibly
`
`extending
`
`her
`
`college
`
`matriculation
`
`and
`
`impacting
`
`her GPA,
`
`which
`
`will
`
`affect
`
`her
`
`ability
`
`to qualify
`
`for
`
`scholarships.
`
`7.
`
`Defendant/Respondent,
`
`Andrew
`
`Cuomo,
`
`is
`
`the Governor
`
`of
`
`the
`
`State
`
`of New
`
`York,
`
`Defendant/Respondent,
`
`and Howard
`
`Zucker,
`
`is the Commissioner
`
`of Health
`
`of
`
`the
`
`State
`
`of New York.
`
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`LThis
`
`Court
`
`has
`
`jurisdiction
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`Article
`
`78 to review
`
`the
`
`challenged
`
`actions
`
`of
`
`the NYS
`
`Governor
`
`and Commissioner
`
`of Health
`
`and
`
`to strike
`
`down
`
`the
`
`emergency
`
`measures
`
`enacted
`
`as violative
`
`of
`
`state
`
`and
`
`federal
`
`law,
`
`and
`
`this
`
`Court
`
`has
`
`the
`
`authority
`
`pursuant
`
`to Article
`
`3001
`
`of
`
`the CPLR to permanently
`
`enjoin
`
`the
`
`emergency
`
`measures,
`
`upon
`
`a showing
`
`of
`
`constitutional
`
`violations
`
`and
`
`irreparable
`
`harm to Plaintiffs/Petitioners.
`
`ALLEGATIONS
`
`9.
`
`In
`
`the
`
`months
`
`of
`
`the Centers
`
`for Disease
`
`Control
`
`early
`
`2020,
`
`("CDC")
`
`identified
`
`cases
`
`of a virus,
`
`Covid19,
`
`that were
`
`a threat
`
`to the
`
`citizens
`
`of
`
`the United
`
`States.
`
`10.
`
`Within
`
`short
`
`weeks,
`
`governing
`
`leaders
`
`started
`
`to act
`
`to protect
`
`the
`
`public
`
`and, with
`
`input
`
`from
`
`the
`
`Center
`
`for
`
`Disease
`
`Control,
`
`took
`
`action
`
`to
`
`shut
`
`down
`
`public
`
`life
`
`in
`
`an
`
`unprecedented
`
`way
`
`for
`
`The
`
`People
`
`of
`
`the United
`
`States.
`
`11.
`
`Initially,
`
`in New York
`
`State,
`
`The
`
`People
`
`were
`
`told
`
`that
`
`the
`
`reason
`
`they
`
`were
`
`being
`
`ordered
`
`to stay
`
`home
`
`and
`
`not
`
`convene
`
`at work,
`
`restaurants,
`
`theaters,
`
`beauty
`
`salons,
`
`stores
`
`and
`
`churches
`
`was
`
`to protect
`
`Us
`
`from
`
`the
`
`threat
`
`of Covidl9.
`
`12.
`
`The
`
`People
`
`were
`
`warned
`
`about
`
`the
`
`threat
`
`of
`
`the Covidl9
`
`virus
`
`and
`
`advised
`
`that
`
`the
`
`reason
`
`they
`
`were
`
`being
`
`ordered
`
`not
`
`to
`
`convene
`
`for
`
`a "short
`
`period
`
`of
`
`time"
`
`was
`
`to
`
`curve"
`
`of
`
`those
`
`who
`
`would
`
`contract
`
`the
`
`virus
`
`and
`
`limit
`
`the
`
`populations
`
`of
`
`"flatten
`
`the
`
`those
`
`needing
`
`and
`
`seeking
`
`help
`
`from
`
`hospitals
`
`so
`
`that
`
`hospitals
`
`would
`
`not
`
`be
`
`overwhelmed
`
`by
`
`those
`
`affected
`
`with
`
`the
`
`virus.
`
`13.
`
`The
`
`public
`
`was
`
`warned
`
`that
`
`failure
`
`to
`
`comply
`
`with
`
`taking
`
`drastic
`
`measures
`
`to
`
`protect
`
`the
`
`public
`
`health
`
`would
`
`lead
`
`to
`
`the
`
`deaths
`
`of
`
`over
`
`two
`
`million
`
`Americans.
`
`Quarantines
`
`and
`
`lock
`
`downs
`
`would
`
`reduce
`
`the
`
`number
`
`to
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`one million
`
`dead
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`according
`
`to UK advisor
`
`Professor
`
`Neil
`
`Ferguson.
`
`Ferguson
`
`resigned
`
`his
`
`position
`
`as
`
`advisor
`
`to
`
`the
`
`prime
`
`Minister
`
`Boris
`
`Johnson
`
`on May
`
`6,
`
`2020,
`
`having
`
`been
`
`caught
`
`breaking
`
`his
`
`own
`
`social
`
`distancing
`
`rules.
`
`See Exhibit
`
`A:
`
`Imperial
`
`College
`
`London
`
`dated
`
`17 March
`
`2020.
`
`Being
`
`rational
`
`citizens,
`
`The
`
`People
`
`took
`
`this
`
`advice
`
`seriously
`
`and
`
`took
`
`drastic
`
`measures
`
`to reduce
`
`risks
`
`by
`
`staying
`
`home
`
`and
`
`exercising
`
`social
`
`distancing.
`
`14.
`
`While
`
`and
`
`The
`
`finding
`
`it annoying
`
`economically
`
`damaging,
`
`People
`
`followed
`
`the
`
`directives
`
`of
`
`governing
`
`leaders
`
`and
`
`shuttered
`
`their
`
`businesses
`
`and
`
`schools
`
`and
`
`ceased
`
`convening
`
`in
`
`public
`
`in
`
`a combined
`
`effort
`
`to
`
`curtail
`
`Covidl9
`
`and
`
`defeat
`
`the
`
`virus
`
`that
`
`threatened
`
`the
`
`public
`
`health.
`
`15.
`
`In
`
`the weeks
`
`that
`
`followed,
`
`Downstate
`
`New York
`
`became
`
`the
`
`new
`
`epicenter
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Covidl9
`
`crisis
`
`as
`
`residents
`
`of New
`
`York
`
`City
`
`started
`
`to
`
`contract
`
`the
`
`virus
`
`in
`
`large
`
`numbers.
`
`of
`
`16.
`
`Andrew
`
`Cuomo,
`
`the
`
`governor
`
`of New York
`
`State,
`
`shut
`
`down
`
`the
`
`operations
`
`the
`
`entire
`
`State
`
`excepting
`
`certain
`
`"essential"
`
`services
`
`to
`
`include
`
`a few
`
`areas
`
`he
`
`deemed
`
`essential
`
`to human
`
`life
`
`until
`
`such
`
`time
`
`as the
`
`crisis
`
`could
`
`be averted.
`
`17.
`
`Just
`
`weeks
`
`into
`
`the
`
`"crisis",
`
`in Downstate
`
`New
`
`York,
`
`the
`
`death
`
`rate
`
`began
`
`to
`
`steadily
`
`decline
`
`approaching
`
`the
`
`current
`
`very
`
`low
`
`levels
`
`which
`
`have
`
`now
`
`persisted
`
`for
`
`months.
`
`In Upstate
`
`death
`
`never
`
`levels
`
`New York,
`
`rates
`
`approached
`
`the
`
`initially
`
`feared,
`
`and
`
`yet
`
`they
`
`too
`
`have
`
`decreased
`
`dramatically
`
`and
`
`have
`
`remained
`
`low
`
`for months.
`
`Hospitals
`
`cancelled
`
`elective
`
`procedures
`
`at
`
`the
`
`time
`
`under
`
`State
`
`order
`
`to be able
`
`to handle
`
`the
`
`feared
`
`case
`
`loads
`
`of
`
`those
`
`infected
`
`with
`
`the
`
`virus.
`
`In Upstate
`
`New York
`
`massive
`
`caseloads
`
`never
`
`occurred.
`
`As
`
`a result,
`
`hospitals
`
`were
`
`left
`
`in severe
`
`financial
`
`trouble
`
`due
`
`to prolonged
`
`loss
`
`of
`
`income
`
`caused
`
`by
`
`following
`
`the State Covidl9
`
`directives.
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`18.
`
`Death
`
`rates
`
`from
`
`Covidl9
`
`were
`
`manipulated
`
`by
`
`hospitals
`
`which
`
`were
`
`encouraged
`
`with
`
`financial
`
`incentives
`
`by government
`
`leaders.
`
`The
`
`numbers
`
`of
`
`those
`
`being
`
`being
`
`counted
`
`as dying
`
`from
`
`Covidl9
`
`were
`
`made
`
`to
`
`include
`
`numerous
`
`patients
`
`with
`
`Covidl9
`
`who
`
`died
`
`by
`
`other
`
`causes.
`
`Additionally,
`
`the
`
`government
`
`ceased
`
`to track
`
`the
`
`number
`
`of
`
`deaths
`
`from
`
`other
`
`illnesses
`
`and
`
`viruses;
`
`likely,
`
`the
`
`number
`
`of
`
`those
`
`listed
`
`as dying
`
`from
`
`further
`
`Covidl9
`
`was
`
`inflated
`
`by
`
`this.
`
`Exhibit
`
`B:
`
`Pneumonia
`
`and
`
`Influenza
`
`Mortality
`
`Surveillance
`
`from
`
`the National
`
`Center
`
`for
`
`Health
`
`Statistics
`
`Mortality
`
`Surveillance
`
`System
`
`2019-2020
`
`data.
`
`19.
`
`According
`
`to Dr.
`
`Birx,
`
`Covidl9
`
`advisor
`
`to the White
`
`House,
`
`the CDC has
`
`used
`
`a
`
`"liberal
`
`accounting"
`
`of Covidl9
`
`deaths,
`
`there
`
`being
`
`no distinction
`
`of dying
`
`with
`
`Covidl9
`
`or
`
`dying
`
`from
`
`Covidl9.
`
`By
`
`contrast,
`
`the
`
`Chinese
`
`medical
`
`scientists
`
`quickly
`
`realized
`
`Antigen/PCR
`
`tests
`
`were
`
`not
`
`valid.
`
`Due
`
`to
`
`this
`
`a CT scan
`
`or
`
`finding
`
`the CCP required
`
`MRI
`
`of
`
`the
`
`lungs
`
`and
`
`two
`
`(2)
`
`positive
`
`Antigen/PCR
`
`tests
`
`before
`
`making
`
`a positive
`
`Covidl9
`
`case.
`
`This
`
`further
`
`illustrates
`
`the
`
`extent
`
`to which
`
`the
`
`death
`
`count
`
`from
`
`Covidl9
`
`in New York
`
`State
`
`and
`
`the United
`
`States
`
`has been
`
`exaggerated.
`
`Exhibit
`
`C: Dr. Birx:
`
`Real
`
`Clear
`
`Politics
`
`dated
`
`April
`
`8,
`
`2020
`
`and
`
`Exhibit
`
`D:
`
`National
`
`Vital
`
`Statistics
`
`System,
`
`Covidl9
`
`Alert
`
`No.
`
`2, dated
`
`March
`
`24,
`
`2020.
`
`the
`
`hospitals
`
`were
`
`never
`
`overwhelmed
`
`a population
`
`of
`
`those
`
`20.
`
`In
`
`fact,
`
`by
`
`suffering
`
`from
`
`Covid19,
`
`and
`
`hospitals
`
`have
`
`struggled
`
`financially
`
`due
`
`to
`
`lost
`
`income
`
`when
`
`they
`
`were
`
`not
`
`allowed
`
`to continue
`
`providing
`
`elective
`
`procedures.
`
`21.
`
`In
`
`fact,
`
`the
`
`"curve"
`
`was
`
`flattened
`
`as
`
`the
`
`number
`
`of
`
`those
`
`dying
`
`of Covidl9
`
`plummeted
`
`in
`
`number.
`
`As
`
`a result,
`
`policy
`
`makers
`
`stopped
`
`reporting
`
`the mortality
`
`rates
`
`and
`
`instead
`
`started
`
`to report
`
`"new
`
`cases"
`
`as the
`
`number
`
`of
`
`those
`
`who
`
`contracted
`
`the
`
`virus,
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`regardless
`
`of how mild
`
`the
`
`cases might
`
`be.
`
`For
`
`the
`
`past
`
`several
`
`months,
`
`given
`
`extremely
`
`stable
`
`low
`
`death
`
`rates
`
`in New
`
`York
`
`State,
`
`the Defendants
`
`have
`
`aggressively
`
`publicized
`
`any
`
`new
`
`cases,
`
`regardless
`
`of
`
`number
`
`or
`
`severity,
`
`in
`
`defense
`
`of
`
`perpetuating
`
`their
`
`draconian
`
`measures.
`
`In numerous
`
`instances,
`
`one
`
`or
`
`two
`
`cases
`
`have
`
`been
`
`sufficient
`
`to shut
`
`down
`
`entire
`
`schools,
`
`houses
`
`of worship,
`
`businesses,
`
`theaters,
`
`sports
`
`stadiums
`
`and
`
`entire
`
`communities.
`
`In
`
`22.
`
`fact,
`
`of
`
`the
`
`approximately
`
`200,000
`
`deaths
`
`in the US,
`
`only
`
`6% had Covidl9
`
`as
`
`the
`
`only
`
`cause mentioned.
`
`94% of Covidl9
`
`victims
`
`had
`
`an average
`
`of 2.6
`
`comorbidities.
`
`Rational
`
`minds
`
`would
`
`conclude
`
`that
`
`the
`
`death
`
`rate
`
`from
`
`Covid19
`
`has
`
`been
`
`significantly
`
`exaggerated.
`
`Exhibit
`
`E: Center
`
`for
`
`Disease
`
`Control
`
`and
`
`Prevention
`
`Weekly
`
`Updates
`
`by
`
`Demographic
`
`and Geographic
`
`Characteristics
`
`dated
`
`August
`
`19, 2020.
`
`23.
`
`Governing
`
`leaders,
`
`faced
`
`with
`
`the
`
`extent
`
`to which
`
`they
`
`had
`
`overstated
`
`the
`
`effects
`
`of Covidl9,
`
`and
`
`being
`
`unwilling
`
`to
`
`admit
`
`they
`
`were
`
`wrong,
`
`changed
`
`the
`
`rhetoric
`
`about
`
`the
`
`virus
`
`and
`
`increased
`
`the
`
`restrictions
`
`on business,
`
`education
`
`and
`
`public
`
`life
`
`in an effort
`
`"protect"
`
`to
`
`The
`
`People.
`
`Schools,
`
`colleges
`
`and
`
`universities,
`
`performance
`
`halls,
`
`food
`
`establishments,
`
`sports
`
`stadiums,
`
`churches
`
`and
`
`even
`
`the
`
`Courts
`
`were
`
`kept
`
`closed.
`
`Landlords
`
`remain
`
`restricted
`
`from
`
`attempting
`
`to evict
`
`tenants,
`
`for
`
`any
`
`reason.
`
`The
`
`public
`
`or
`
`risk
`
`and
`
`restaurants
`
`remain
`
`remains
`
`forced
`
`to wear
`
`masks
`
`being
`
`arrested.
`
`Businesses
`
`forced
`
`to operate
`
`long
`
`term at
`
`levels
`
`that
`
`are not
`
`financially
`
`feasible.
`
`24.
`
`In
`
`the meantime,
`
`while
`
`the masses
`
`obeyed
`
`the
`
`government
`
`directive
`
`to "maintain
`
`a distance
`
`of
`
`6 feet
`
`apart
`
`or wear
`
`a
`
`mask"
`
`in
`
`order
`
`to
`
`prevent
`
`the
`
`spread
`
`of Covid19,
`
`many
`
`of
`
`those
`
`constituting
`
`The
`
`People
`
`refused
`
`to be muzzled
`
`by
`
`the
`
`government
`
`-
`
`time
`
`has borne
`
`out
`
`that
`
`The
`
`People
`
`got
`
`it
`
`right
`
`again.
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`25.
`
`The mortality
`
`rate
`
`for
`
`children,
`
`young
`
`adults
`
`and
`
`those
`
`up
`
`to forty-five
`
`years
`
`of
`
`age
`
`is mathematically
`
`nearly
`
`zero
`
`(0)
`
`percent,
`
`for
`
`those
`
`forty-five
`
`to
`
`seventy
`
`years
`
`is
`
`anywhere
`
`from
`
`.05
`
`to
`
`.3 of
`
`a percentage
`
`point,
`
`and
`
`only
`
`for
`
`those
`
`over
`
`70 years
`
`of age
`
`of
`
`mathematical
`
`significance.
`
`Exhibit
`
`F:
`
`The Washington
`
`Examiner
`
`Stanford
`
`Doctor:
`
`Coronavirus
`
`fatality
`
`rate
`
`for
`
`people
`
`under
`
`45
`
`'almost
`
`O'.
`
`26.
`
`science
`
`has
`
`discovered
`
`that
`
`the
`
`system
`
`Emerging
`
`immune
`
`has
`
`developed
`
`Sars-COV2
`
`specific
`
`antibodies
`
`that
`
`are long
`
`lasting
`
`and will
`
`lead
`
`to an immunity
`
`from
`
`the
`
`virus.
`
`Exhibit
`
`G:
`
`The Seattle
`
`Times,
`
`article
`
`dated
`
`August
`
`18, 2020.
`
`27.
`
`As
`
`deaths
`
`due
`
`to Covidl9
`
`decreased
`
`significantly
`
`and
`
`plateaued
`
`at an extremely
`
`low
`
`level,
`
`some
`
`businesses
`
`were
`
`allowed
`
`to
`
`slowly
`
`start
`
`reopening;
`
`of
`
`note,
`
`there
`
`has
`
`been
`
`no
`
`escalation
`
`of
`
`deaths
`
`as
`
`can
`
`be
`
`seen
`
`in
`
`the
`
`attached
`
`chart
`
`from
`
`the
`
`23"1
`
`day
`
`of
`
`COVID-19
`
`-
`
`September,
`
`2020.
`
`Exhibit
`
`H: Monroe
`
`County
`
`Surveillance
`
`Preliminary
`
`Data
`
`as of September
`
`23,
`
`2020.
`
`28.
`
`Schools
`
`and
`
`institutions
`
`of higher
`
`learning,
`
`a huge
`
`part
`
`of public
`
`life
`
`in the United
`
`States,
`
`having
`
`been
`
`closed
`
`during
`
`the
`
`crisis,
`
`partially
`
`re-opened
`
`for
`
`the Fall
`
`semester
`
`of
`
`2020,
`
`subject
`
`to
`
`crippling
`
`rules
`
`being
`
`arbitrarily
`
`ordered
`
`by
`
`the Respondents
`
`with
`
`little
`
`scientific
`
`basis,
`
`in
`
`fact,
`
`for
`
`formulating
`
`said
`
`rules.
`
`In
`
`fact,
`
`compiled
`
`data
`
`from
`
`almost
`
`of Covidl9
`
`at universities
`
`shows
`
`three
`
`hospitalizations
`
`and
`
`no deaths.
`
`70,000
`
`cases
`
`only
`
`Once
`
`again,
`
`the
`
`overstatement
`
`of
`
`risk
`
`resulting
`
`in
`
`significant
`
`harm
`
`to
`
`The
`
`People
`
`is
`
`apparent.
`
`Exhibit
`
`I:
`
`October
`
`5, 2020
`
`update
`
`on Covid19
`
`from
`
`50 U.S.
`
`universities.
`
`29.
`
`The
`
`doctors
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Panorama
`
`Pediatric
`
`Group
`
`in Rochester,
`
`New York,
`
`placed
`
`a
`
`statement
`
`on
`
`their
`
`web-site
`
`in
`
`support
`
`of
`
`re-opening
`
`schools
`
`only
`
`to
`
`remove
`
`their
`
`statement
`
`and make
`
`an
`
`apology
`
`for
`
`same
`
`less
`
`than
`
`one
`
`day
`
`later,
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`and
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`14 of 32
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`FILED: SUFFOLK COUNTY CLERK 11/10/2020 08:53 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
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`INDEX NO. 617287/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/10/2020
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`belief,
`
`under
`
`political
`
`pressure
`
`being
`
`exerted
`
`against
`
`them by
`
`the Defendant/Respondent's
`
`agents.
`
`Exhibit
`
`J,
`
`Panorama
`
`Pediatric
`
`Group
`
`Statement
`
`Supporting
`
`Reopening
`
`of
`
`Schools.
`
`30.
`
`The
`
`fact
`
`is,
`
`experts
`
`the world
`
`over
`
`as well
`
`as right
`
`here
`
`in Upstate
`
`New York
`
`have
`
`stated
`
`publicly
`
`to
`
`policy
`
`makers
`
`that
`
`children
`
`are
`
`at extremely
`
`low
`
`risk
`
`of Covidl9
`
`and
`
`that
`
`they
`
`are
`
`at greater
`
`risk
`
`for many
`
`reasons
`
`if
`
`they
`
`are
`
`not
`
`in school.
`
`Exhibit
`
`K:
`
`Open
`
`posted
`
`Letter
`
`from
`
`24 medical
`
`doctors
`
`in the Rochester,
`
`New York,
`
`region,
`
`July
`
`14, 2020.
`
`Exhibit
`
`L:
`
`Great
`
`Barrington
`
`Declaration.
`
`31.
`
`The
`
`fact
`
`is,
`
`young
`
`children
`
`cannot
`
`understand
`
`why
`
`they
`
`are
`
`being
`
`forced
`
`to
`
`be
`
`socially
`
`distant
`
`from
`
`their
`
`classmates
`
`and
`
`made
`
`to wear
`
`masks
`
`as
`
`required
`
`by
`
`the
`
`exaggerated
`
`safety
`
`precautions
`
`instituted
`
`by
`
`the Defendants.
`
`In
`
`light
`
`of
`
`the
`
`extremely
`
`low
`
`risk
`
`Covidl9
`
`poses
`
`to
`
`school
`
`children,
`
`and
`
`in the
`
`absence
`
`of evidence
`
`of
`
`community
`
`spread
`
`of
`
`the
`
`disease
`
`from
`
`schools,
`
`parents
`
`and
`
`schoolmates,
`
`the
`
`social
`
`distancing
`
`and
`
`masking
`
`requirements
`
`dictated
`
`by
`
`the
`
`Defendants
`
`are
`
`clearly
`
`excessive.
`
`While
`
`being
`
`forced
`
`to
`
`practice
`
`social
`
`distancing,
`
`students
`
`should
`
`not
`
`at
`
`the
`
`same
`
`time
`
`be
`
`forced
`
`to
`
`wear masks
`
`as they
`
`participate
`
`in classrooms,
`
`physical
`
`education
`
`and
`
`the
`
`arts.
`
`32.
`
`Dr.
`
`Clayton
`
`Baker,
`
`one
`
`of
`
`the
`
`signers
`
`of
`
`the
`
`open
`
`letter
`
`referenced
`
`herein
`
`above,
`
`school
`
`has
`
`stated
`
`that
`
`decisions
`
`regarding
`
`the
`
`details
`
`of
`
`re-openings
`
`should
`
`be made
`
`locally
`
`in an update
`
`to the
`
`prior
`
`letter
`
`based
`
`on what
`
`has
`
`been
`
`proven
`
`scientifically
`
`over
`
`the
`
`last months.
`
`Furthermore,
`
`he
`
`states
`
`that
`
`given
`
`the many
`
`known
`
`harms
`
`to
`
`children
`
`from
`
`being
`
`denied
`
`in-school
`
`learning,
`
`which
`
`far
`
`exceed
`
`the
`
`risk
`
`Covidl9
`
`poses
`
`to them,
`
`schools
`
`should
`
`be
`
`fully
`
`opened
`
`at once.
`
`Exhibit
`
`M:
`
`Affidavit
`
`of Clayton
`
`Baker,
`
`M.D.,
`
`dated
`
`August
`
`25,
`
`2020.
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`33.
`
`The
`
`fact
`
`is,
`
`the American
`
`People
`
`understand
`
`risk
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is inherent
`
`in the
`
`rights
`
`We possess
`
`in our
`
`nation's
`
`Constitution
`
`to be able
`
`to take
`
`appropriate
`
`steps
`
`to limit
`
`risks
`
`whether
`
`for
`
`those
`
`who
`
`are
`
`vulnerable
`
`and
`
`need
`
`protection
`
`or
`
`for
`
`those
`
`who
`
`are not
`
`likely
`
`at
`
`risk.
`
`That
`
`amelioration
`
`of
`
`risk
`
`includes
`
`more
`
`than
`
`just
`
`a fear
`
`of
`
`dying
`
`of Covidl9-
`
`it
`
`includes
`
`all
`
`of
`
`the well
`
`documented
`
`consequences
`
`of
`
`living
`
`life
`
`being
`
`socially
`
`distant,
`
`for
`
`muzzled
`
`by
`
`a mask,
`
`and
`
`economically
`
`destroyed.
`
`Exhibit
`
`N:
`
`Center
`
`Disease
`
`Control
`
`and Prevention,
`
`Morbidity
`
`and Mortality
`
`Weekly
`
`Report
`
`dated
`
`August
`
`14, 2020.
`
`34.
`
`In
`
`an article
`
`dated
`
`September
`
`11, 2020,
`
`Ronald
`
`B. Brown,
`
`PhD,
`
`disclosed
`
`that
`
`the
`
`coronavirus
`
`mortality
`
`calculations
`
`given
`
`in testimony
`
`to the U.S.
`
`Congress
`
`on March
`
`2020,
`
`were
`
`wrongfully
`
`overestimated
`
`by
`
`a factor
`
`of
`
`ten-fold
`
`due
`
`to a mistake
`
`made
`
`11,
`
`by
`
`how
`
`the
`
`case
`
`fatality
`
`rate
`
`was
`
`applied
`
`to
`
`the
`
`population
`
`resulting
`
`in
`
`drastic
`
`measures
`
`psychological
`
`human
`
`being
`
`taken
`
`that
`
`have
`
`had
`
`"adverse
`
`impacts
`
`on
`
`well-being,
`
`rights
`
`issues,
`
`social
`
`disruption,
`
`and
`
`economic
`
`costs...".
`
`Exhibit
`
`O:
`
`Cambridge
`
`Coronavirus
`
`Collection:
`
`Disaster
`
`Medicine
`
`and
`
`Public
`
`Health
`
`Preparedness,
`
`September
`
`11,
`
`2020,
`
`Ronald
`
`B. Brown,
`
`PhD.
`
`35.
`
`Despite
`
`the
`
`evidence
`
`of
`
`how
`
`limited
`
`the
`
`threat
`
`has
`
`become
`
`to the
`
`public
`
`at
`
`large
`
`and
`
`to
`
`children,
`
`in
`
`particular,
`
`the Defendants
`
`have
`
`intensified
`
`the
`
`protocols
`
`for
`
`students
`
`even
`
`the most
`
`minor
`
`medical
`
`symptoms
`
`result
`
`in
`
`students
`
`attending
`
`schools
`
`such
`
`that
`
`missing
`
`their
`
`schooling
`
`as they
`
`are
`
`being
`
`forced
`
`to either
`
`be evaluated
`
`by
`
`a health
`
`care
`
`provider
`
`or
`
`forced
`
`not
`
`to return
`
`to school
`
`for
`
`ten
`
`days.
`
`Additionally,
`
`if a student
`
`does
`
`not
`
`get
`
`evaluated
`
`and/or
`
`tested,
`
`the
`
`Defendants
`
`have
`
`mandated
`
`that
`
`the
`
`school
`
`deem
`
`the
`
`student
`
`to
`
`be Covidl9
`
`positive
`
`and
`
`then
`
`contact
`
`the
`
`health
`
`department
`
`to
`
`begin
`
`the
`
`contact
`
`tracing
`
`process.
`
`This
`
`is
`
`an
`
`egregious