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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended his decision to not wear a mask at an indoor press conference held Monday in New York City in response to questions from reporters. The governor and five Cuomo aides didn’t wear masks while addressing reporters at the governor’s city headquarters. Pictures posted on social media showed reporters wearing masks sitting close to one another in the relatively tight space. Challenged by reporters over his failure to wear a mask, Cuomo said it was fine because he was more than 6 feet from the journalists.
"If you are six feet apart you do not need to wear a mask," Cuomo says of not wearing a mask inside if you are six feet across.
When asked about virus traveling through air: "The law is a mask. The law is not a helmet."
— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) October 5, 2020
Treat COVID seriously. Wear a mask.
208,000 have died.
Many others will have long-term health problems because of it.
Be #NewYorkTough.
— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) October 5, 2020
