Gov. Kathy Hochul ducked any mention of a clamored-for ban on wearing masks in public during her State of the State Tuesday — a notable omission that drew condemnation from a potential election ...

New York lawmakers are set to weigh a bill that would increase penalties for mask-wearing creeps even as Gov. Kathy Hochul appears to have abandoned the effort she’d backed as the city saw a ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul this morning announced that bird flu has arrived in the New York Metro area, with a total of seven cases reported so far in poultry. As a precaution, she ordered a one-week shutdown ...

Last month, state legislators in New York introduced a bill that would create a new crime: “masked harassment.” That, the law ...

Two such bans, one Democratic and one Republican, are making their way through the state legislature—something Governor Kathy Hochul neglected ... or that the ban could inspire anti-mask vigilantes to ...

The bill would create the crime of “masked harassment” under the state’s existing harassment laws and contains several exemptions for people who wear masks for medical reasons or during cold weather, ...

New York's 2024-25 flu season is poised to break records set in 2022-23, as the impact of the pandemic era continues to ...

Kathy Hochul, a Democrat ... The demonstrations have overwhelmingly been peaceful, though mask-wearing is very common among participants who are wary of police surveillance or other repercussions.