This month marks five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was circulating for months, likely ...

Five years after the first COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will pull back ...

THE MASK DEBATE: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s eleventh-hour request for a mask crackdown in the state budget has ripped apart ...

This proposal is not about health or safety, but instead, it aims to prevent criminals from using masks to hide their ...

Budget negotiations continued at the state Capitol this week, and Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul now wants to use the deal to pass a statewide mask ban. This week, Hochul told reporters that she is concerned ...

State leaders are discussing proposals raised by Gov. Kathy Hochul to ban masks, change the discovery process in criminal ...

With less than two weeks to approve a final state budget, Governor Kathy Hochul has thrown a new proposal in the mix, a restriction on the use of masks.

Lawmakers in a suburban New York county have approved a bill to ban masks in public places with exemptions for people who cover their faces for health reasons or religious or cultural purposes.

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 ...

Governor Kathy Hochul is advocating for a bill that increases penalties for harassment when individuals conceal their faces ...

Face masks were first banned in New York back in 1845, as the NY CLU says the ban was a direct response to the rent protests ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is reviving efforts to restrict mask wearing in public spaces, bringing the issue to the ...