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 ...

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., made an urgent appeal for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to reinstate a ban on face masks, pointing to “sympathizers” of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) while doing so.

Kathy Hochul announced Thursday. Hochul, seated behind her desk in her Manhattan office, held up a copy of Louisiana’s order and said she’d refuse to comply. “I will not be signing an ...