Nassau County in New York state enacted a face mask ban Wednesday, the first of its kind in the country post-COVID-19 pandemic. The new ban makes it a crime for anyone to wear a mask or face covering ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering banning face masks for riders using the city’s subway system because she has received reports of antisemitic incidents perpetrated by people wearing masks.

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly called for mask-wearing at protests to be banned and for protesters whose faces are covered to be arrested, with the most recent ...

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 wave of ...

Accountability and privacy are on a collision course that raises the stakes for the role of face-covering in modern life. By Vanessa Friedman Lately it seems almost impossible to look at a news feed ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering a face mask ban in the New York City subway system due to increasing concerns of people hiding their identity while committing acts of antisemitism.

A demonstrator wearing traditional Palestinian Keffiyeh and a mask with Stop Genocide, Free Palestine written on it joins in a demonstration on International Workers' Day. Credit - Probal ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that she is considering a ban on face masks in the New York City subway system due to concerns about people shielding their identities while committing ...