Two elderly men wearing face masks against the spread of COVID-19, read the front pages of Greek newspapers at Omonia square in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Christmas concerts and other events have been canceled in Greece as part of new restrictions that include a mask mandate for outdoors and all public areas. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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NEW YORK, (77WABC) AP -An appeals judge has restored New York’s mask mandate. Tuesday’s ruling comes a day after a lower court judge ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration lacked the constitutional authority to order people to wear face coverings.
Judge Robert Miller granted the state’s request for a stay of a judge’s ruling, while Hochul’s office appeals it.
On Monday a Long Island judge officially struck down the school mask mandate.
Many parents say masking should not be mandatory.
Most schools including those in New York City, say they will keep the mask mandate in effect, pending the outcome of Hochul’s appeal.
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