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Police in the suburbs of New York City made the first arrest under a new local law banning face masks, officials announced Tuesday. Nassau County Police say officers on Sunday night responded to ...
"The mask ban law in Nassau County causes G.B. great stress and fear when they go out into the community. G.B. is afraid of interactions they may have with the police, because they will not remove ...
The Mask Transparency Act was approved earlier this month by the Republican-controlled Nassau County with all 12 Republicans in the county legislature voting in its favor and seven Democrats ...
In August 2024, Nassau County passed into law a ban on wearing face masks in public, making it a misdemeanor subject to a $1,000 fine and up to one year in prison to wear a facial covering in public, a move that was criticized by the New York Civil Liberties Union as a "dangerous misuse of the law to score political points."
On August 14, 2024, Blakeman signed into law the Mask Transparency Act, [53] an act introduced by county legislator Mazi Pilip. [54] It was voted on and passed by the legislature on August 5, 2024. [53] The Mask Transparency Act prohibits the usage of a mask or facial covering to conceal one's identity within Nassau County.
In a written statement, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican who signed the bill into law on Aug. 14, said county officials are “confident that the law will be upheld as there is ...
The original purpose of the anti-mask law was to prevent crime or terrorism. The law allows for exemptions for a "justified cause", which has sometimes been interpreted by courts as including religious reasons for wearing a veil, but others –including local governments– disagree and claim religion is not a "justified cause" in this context ...
In testimony to legislators on Monday, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said officers would know the difference between someone wearing a mask for criminal reasons and someone ...