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"The Mask Ban discriminates against people with disabilities by depriving them of equal access to public life in Nassau County in violation of the United States Constitution, the New York State ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
During a news conference early Wednesday, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the ban, the first of its kind in the U.S., which criminalizes the wearing of face masks to hide identities ...
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."
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 ...
The Nassau County mask ban is in response to “antisemitic incidents, ... This New York County Signed The Nation's First Face Mask Ban Into Law. Shruti Rajkumar. August 14, 2024 at 10:41 PM ...