New York Mask Mandate Back in Place After Appeals Judge Grants Stay

New York Mask Mandate Back in Place After Appeals Judge Grants Stay
People wear masks at an indoor mall in The Oculus in lower Manhattan on the day that a mask mandate went into effect in New York, on Dec. 13, 2021. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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An indoor mask mandate is back in effect in New York State after an appeals judge on Tuesday granted a stay while the governor’s administration pursues an appeal.

New York Appellate Judge Robert Miller in New York City granted the state’s request for a stay after Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Thomas Rademaker ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate for schools and public places is unconstitutional and unenforceable.