Legislators have proposed a controversial new bill that would make it a crime to harass others while wearing a mask. It’s not the first time. In New York, mask bans have existed for nearly two ...

With less than two weeks to approve a final state budget, Governor Kathy Hochul has thrown a new proposal in the mix, a restriction on the use of masks. It's a concept the gained some ground last June ...

This week, lawmakers in Albany introduced a new version of legislation meant to restore a ban on masks at some public places that existed before the pandemic. An earlier version of the bill, ...