Gov. Kathy Hochul is floating including legislation around mask-wearing in public in this year’s state budget deal. Zuma / ...

A day after pushing for a partial ban on face coverings, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she favored a less stringent proposal that ...

Gov. Hochul's mask restriction proposal aims to combat crime, but raises concerns about the civil rights of protesters.

The proposal comes as bans on face masks have been put in place in other parts of the country in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hochul’s revival of an anti-mask measure burst into public view as the state budget is due in less than two weeks. Her office ...

Columbia University has announced a new mask ban, the hiring of special officers and other new policies in response to the ...

The governor has expressed support for restrictions in protest settings, while many protesters say they need to conceal their ...

Columbia agreed to implement a mask ban, give campus security the power of arrest and apply oversight of Middle Eastern ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is reviving her push to restrict the wearing of masks in public, urging lawmakers in state budget talks to bring back some form of a previous ban, Gothamist has learned.