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Medical Freedom Fighters Show Up for New York Firefighter Tim Rivicci at Brooklyn Court
Nearly 100 supporters show up for Tim Rivicci, a firefighter who lost his job for refusing the COVID-19 shot. Rivicci, who sued the city, won his job back with back pay, but the city appealed the win in a bid to strip away the back pay, pension credits and pay scale adjustments he won four years ago.
Mary Holland, Naomi Wolf and Scott LaBaido all spoke in support of Tim Rivicci on Sept. 11, 2026.
Rivicci is a firefighter who lost his job for refusing the COVID-19 shot. He won his job back with back pay, but the city appealed his win to strip away the back pay, pension credits and pay scale adjustments he won four years ago.
Rivicci has received none of that compensation to date due to New York City’s long legal appeal process.
It is extremely ironic that Rivicci was granted his win four years ago by a Republican judge in Staten Island (Ralph Porzio), but now, in a Democrat-dominated courthouse, it is possible they will take away this working-class victory. How ironic is this?!?
The court did not issue a decision on 9/11.
They may do so in a few months, but it often takes up to two years for the 2nd Department to issue a ruling. The historic Garvey v. City of New York case was overturned by the 2nd Department after a long two-year wait for that decision.
That was the first major legal win for unvaxxed sanitation workers (now overturned). I am a named plaintiff in the case DiCapua v. City of New York, which is still waiting to be heard in this very same court.
It is notable that Rivicci is also a named plaintiff in the case Tunnell v. City of New York.
This is a federal proposed class action backed by Children’s Health Defense that has the potential to bring relief for thousands of fired unvaxxed NYC workers.
Stay tuned to TEACHERS FOR CHOICE for updates on that case.
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Watch Mary Holland’s speech in front of the courthouse on 9/11 here:
“This country was built on freedom of conscience. It’s built on freedom of religion and for that to be denied by arguably the most important city in this country is unacceptable.” Mary Holland CEO of Children’s Health Defense @ChildrensHD
speaking in support of unvaccinated FDNY… pic.twitter.com/k6ahRIE848— Cafecito Break (@cafecitobreak) September 11, 2026
Watch (or read) Naomi Wolf’s full speech in front of the courthouse on 9/11 here:
Watch Scott LaBaido speak in front of the courthouse on 9/11 here:
Scott LoBaido @scottlobaido Speaks In Support Of Unvaccinated FDNY Firefighter Tim Rivicci who was called to court in Brooklyn On September 11th, 2026.
-Cafecito Break pic.twitter.com/G0O8Npwuu9
— Cafecito Break (@cafecitobreak) September 11, 2026
Originally published on Michael Kane’s Teachers for Choice Substack page.
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