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Nassau County, the bedroom community just east of New York City with nearly 1.4 million residents, last week officially banned wearing face coverings in public in what's believed to be the nation ...
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 ...
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 ...
On August 14, 2024, Blakeman signed into law the Mask Transparency Act, [77] an act introduced by county legislator Mazi Pilip. [78] It was voted on and passed by the legislature on August 5, 2024. [77] The Mask Transparency Act prohibits the usage of a mask or facial covering to conceal one's identity within Nassau County.
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 ...
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — 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 ...
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