FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to reporters in the Red Room at the state Capitol, July 1, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. Hochul is considering a ban on face masks in the city subway system ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., recently said she may reinstate a mask ban in New York after members of the Jewish community say the face coverings make antisemites more aggressive.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is reviving her push to restrict the wearing of masks in public, urging lawmakers in state budget talks to bring back some form of a previous ban, Gothamist has learned.

Mar. 21—ALBANY — 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.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed public masking ban could be in jeopardy. Her plan has divided Democrats, with supporters seeing their elimination as a crime-fighting issue and others saying a ban ...

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres accused Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday of dragging her feet on a law to ban public mask-wearing as a way to thwart hate-spewing bigots — a day after a mob of keffiyeh-clad ...

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.