UPDATE: NY Governor Kathy Hochul said on CNN last night that she is considering a ban on masks.

This is absolutely shameful! New York has suffered so much from COVID, and COVID is not over. We should be normalizing and depoliticizing masks, not banning them.

Source: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/icymi-audio-rush-transcript-governor-hochul-guest-cnn-laura-coates

ICYMI: Audio & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul is a Guest on CNN with Laura Coates

Last night, Governor Hochul was a guest on CNN with Laura Coates.

Governor Kathy Hochul
Pre-pandemic laws banning masks from group events were always harmful. We should have learned from the pandemic that we need to do more to normalize public health tools like masks. After seeing so much death and harm that is continuing, it makes no sense to roll back mask laws.

ACTION ALERT: Contact Governor Kathy Hochul & say that you are against banning masks in NY, & she should issue a statement retracting her comments on CNN supporting a mask ban.

Call: 518-474-8390 (press 1 to leave a message, press 2 to speak to a person)

Write: https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form

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Governor Kathy Hochul

@luckytran Called & left message: No mask ban, please. Masks are helping keep school bus drivers healthy, while lots of kids coming aboard are coughing, sneezing, and having all kinds of respiratory issues but get sent to school anyway. Many drivers and attendants who don’t mask up are getting ill, paying a high price for “freedom.”

But what about our freedom of choice—to do the smart thing?