NYC Schools Drop Outdoor Mask Mandate; Indoor Mandate Stays

NYC Schools Drop Outdoor Mask Mandate; Indoor Mandate Stays
Teachers line up their students before entering PS 179 elementary school in the Kensington neighborhood, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Sept. 29, 2020. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—New York City public school students will be allowed to remove their masks outside starting next week but must keep them on indoors for now, Schools Chancellor David Banks said Friday.

“I am so pleased that we are able to make this exciting announcement and safely allow students and staff to remove their masks when outdoors at NYC public schools,” Banks said in a news release.