The proposal, which falls short of the ban that had been in place for decades pre-COVID-19, is effectively dead, state ...

"Someone assaults someone on the subway, they can get away with it, despite the fact that we have cameras, because they are ...

Legislators have expressed concern that criminalizing the act of wearing a mask with ill intent could lead to unequal ...

Behind closed doors, New York lawmakers are advancing a dangerous statewide mask ban. Gov. Hochul first proposed it in June 2024, framing it as a measure for “Jewish safety.” But using Jews to ...

Human rights advocates and academic experts have condemned the moves as an assault on free speech and academic freedom.

But now, some Democrats say they’re souring on the idea, after the Trump administration announced it is embracing mask ban enforcement on college campuses. “I’m for a mask ban because I ...

The U.S. government plans to freeze grants to Brown University and separately set conditions that Harvard University must ...

If it passes, New York would become the fifth state to prohibit cellphone use during school hours. Florida — the first state ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s inclusion of last-minute policy proposals in the state budget is holding back progress, legislative ...

Legislators have expressed concern that criminalizing the act of wearing a mask with mal-intent could lead to unequal ...

She has expressed interest in restoring a more limited form of the broad mask ban New York had on the books for more than a century, which officials suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic to ...

She has expressed interest in restoring a more limited form of the broad mask ban New York had on the books for more than a century, which officials suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic to ...