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Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon thinks the time is right let the indoor mask mandate expire. However, he feels that there should be a metric in place to determine when mask requirements could be lifted in schools.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said a steep drop in COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalizations means it’s time to lift the requirement for businesses.
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State health commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett says there’s no set date to get rid of New York’s COVID-19 pandemic mask mandate for schoolchildren. Bassett addressed the hot-button issue as she testified at a joint legislative budget hearing Tuesday.
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Governor Kathy Hochul delivered a COVID-19 briefing from the Expo Center at the state fairgrounds Tuesday, where she pleaded with New Yorkers to do their part to fight infection and illness.
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Gov. Hochul has vowed to keep fighting the ruling, which deemed her mask mandate unconstitutional.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is warning that the state could face rapidly rising rates of COVID-19 in the coming weeks, based on early data and trends in Europe, where waves of the disease have often preceded surges in the U.S.
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Questions emerged Monday over whether new mask and vaccination requirements imposed by Governor Kathy Hochul will be carried out by the businesses who must comply with them, and the local government who are being asked to enforce them.
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The first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant has been confirmed in Onondaga County, and officials say it serves as another reminder to get vaccinated and wear a mask. Health Commissioner Dr. Indu Gupta says we know it’s more transmissible, but symptoms appear to be milder and the vaccine seems to offer good protection.
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Tully Rinckey partner Leslie Silva discusses how NYC's vaccine mandate may be a model for other counties and how it's likely to hold up to legal challenges.
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The mandate will take effect on Monday, December 13.