Gov. Kathy Hochul has lifted the requirement to wear masks while riding mass transit during a news conference on Wednesday.
New signs will be displayed throughout the mass transit system letting riders know that masks are encouraged but optional.Hochul also stressed the importance of respecting the choices of others.Despite the lifting of masks on mass transit, masks will still be required at health care facilities, including nursing homes, across the state.
"The nursing homes are an important setting because as we know, the elderly, people 65 years and older, have bore the brunt of severe illness and mortality during this," said State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett. "We're also requiring masks in adult care facilities, but in other settings, we urge people to pay attention to their community level."
Hochul also received her updated booster shot specific to the omicron strain of COVID-19. She encouraged all other New Yorkers to do the same.
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