Lifting Statewide Mask or Vaccine Requirements

Lifting Statewide Mask or Vaccine Requirements

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the lifting of statewide mask or vaccine requirements effective February 10, 2022 as a result of the rapid decline of cases and hospitalizations. The mask requirement remains in effect statewide for specific settings such as health care facilities, nursing homes, bus and bus stations, subways and subway stations, plains and airports and schools.

On February 9, the Govenor’s announced that K-12 students will be sent home with two COVID tests ahead of the midwinter break and continue distribution the following week when students return to school. She is expected to make an assessment on masks based on the public health data in early March. Visit https://www.governor.ny.gov to keep up to date on Governor Hochul’s response to the latest phase in dealing with COVID.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman does not agree with Governor Hochul's school mask mandate and has asked her to show the residents the science and metrics used to keep the school mask mandate in place. Visit https://fb.watch/b6uznXc3uX/ to watch Blakeman’s response to Govenor Hochel’s decision on mask mandates in schools.