State Judge Overturns NY Mask Mandate

Associated PressPublished: January 24, 2022

FILE PHOTO: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 08: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul greets tourists after laying flowers at the edge of the south memorial pool to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attack at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 08, 2021 in New York City. Twenty years after two aircraft hijacked by 10 al-Qaeda terrorists flew into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, the 16-acre site is now a memorial to the 2,606 civilians, firefighters, and law enforcement officers who died in the towers and in the surrounding area and the 147 civilians who were aboard the airliners. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state judge has ruled that the state's mask mandate can't be enforced.

The mandate was reinstituted by the governor over concerns about a winter surge of coronavirus cases.

The state health department has said the mandate would be in place until Feb 1. State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker said in his decision Monday that the state Department of Health didn't have the legal authority to implement the mandate.

In a statement, Hochul says her administration disagrees with the ruling and is "pursuing every option to reverse this immediately."

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