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A New York City suburb's ban against public mask wearing was challenged in federal court on ... "The mask ban law in Nassau County causes G.B. great stress and fear when they go out into the ...
After Nassau County legislators approved the mask ban on Aug. 5, other civil rights groups and state officials also pushed back on the law. The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic ...
The Nassau County mask ban is in response to “antisemitic incidents, often perpetrated by those in masks.” This New York County Signed The Nation's First Face Mask Ban Into Law Skip to main ...
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 reports of a suspicious person on a street near the Levittown and Hicksville town line, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of Manhattan.
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."
Lawmakers in a suburban New York county have approved a bill to ban masks in public places with exemptions for people who cover their faces for health reasons or religious or cultural purposes.
The New York State legislature amended their abortion-related statute in 1965 to allow for more therapeutic exceptions. [4] On April 10, 1970, the New York Senate passed a law legalizing abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy. [14] Republican Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller signed the bill into law the next day. [15]
The Reproductive Health Act is a New York law enacted on January 22, 2019, that protects reproductive rights, decriminalized abortion, and eliminated several restrictions on voluntary abortions in the state. [1] The RHA repealed §4164 of the state Public Health Law. [2] The law has received national media attention. [3]