Gov. Hochul teases changes to MTA, commuter rail mask requirement

[Kamaji]

Gov. Hochul teases changes to MTA, commuter rail mask requirement

By David Meyer
September 6, 2022

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday teased changes to New York’s public transportation mask mandate, which has been in place since April 2020.

“With respect to masks, it’s absolutely in conversation right now and we’ll be making some announcements on that very shortly,” Hochul responded to a question during an unrelated transit announcement at Penn Station.

MTA officials quietly stopped tracking mask mandate compliance in April, when the federal government’s nationwide mandate was overturned in court.

But MTA studies up until that point showed 64% mask usage — a steep decline from a year earlier when surveys showed nine in 10 subway riders masked up.

Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo instituted a $50 fine for mask non-compliance in September 2020 — but few tickets have been issued, according to MTA stats.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/ny-gov-hochul-teases-changes-to-mta-mask-requirement/

[Kamaji]

They must have found a very special "Karen" train to get stats showing 64% face-diapering in April; I ride the subway almost every day, and usage that I've seen is significantly less than 50%, and has been for a while.