Gov. Kathy Hochul is floating including legislation around mask-wearing in public in this year’s state budget deal. Zuma / ...

The protesters put out a cattle call on social media Monday, proclaiming it “Mask-Up Monday” — provocatively thumbing their ...

Columbia’s interim president privately told faculty there was no mask ban in place despite telling the Trump administration ...

Columbia’s interim president was reportedly pushed by the Trump administration to publicly double down on her commitment to ...

Update, March 21: Columbia University claims its mask ban allows for “medical exemptions”; it remains unclear whether such ...

A day after pushing for a partial ban on face coverings, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she favored a less stringent proposal that ...

The governor has expressed support for restrictions in protest settings, while many protesters say they need to conceal their ...

Columbia agreed to implement a mask ban, give campus security the power of arrest and apply oversight of Middle Eastern ...

Columbia University has announced a new mask ban, the hiring of special officers and other new policies in response to the ...

This proposal is not about health or safety, but instead, it aims to prevent criminals from using masks to hide their ...

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. This week, Hochul told reporters that she is concerned ...

Nonetheless, our long-standing position is that wearing masks should be criminalized only when that's done in the commission of another crime such as trespassing, destruction of property ...