( October 22, 2026, 12:02 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge approved a proposal for a former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) to receive more than half of the net proceeds of a confidential settlement amount over claims that the bank failed to accommodate her religious beliefs when it denied her request for permanent exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination policy while denying additional compensation for her former legal counsel....