Nassau County Republicans approved a sweeping ban on wearing face masks in public Monday — after a fiery public debate where a masked activist was hauled away by police. Legislators voted along ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Nassau County lawmakers passed a bill making it a crime for anyone to wear a mask or face covering to hide their identity in public ... The ban makes mask-wearing a misdemeanor ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Nassau County's controversial mask ban bill has been signed into law ... "This is a bill that's going to protect the public." "Any time we see any group trying to intimidate ...

The New York Civil Liberties Union condemned Nassau County's bill. Lawmakers in a suburban New York county approved a bill to ban masks in public spaces, saying concealing your identity is a ...

MINEOLA, New York (WABC) -- Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the county's controversial mask ban into law on Wednesday ... individual's identity in public places," as well as wearing ...

The push to ban masks in some public settings began in June after ... were wearing masks and could not be identified. Nassau County police said they were sent to respond to reports of a ...

NEW YORK-- Wearing masks in public could become illegal in New York City. Mayor Eric Adams is throwing his support behind Nassau County's new face mask ban and pushing for a similar law in the city.

A controversial ban on wearing face coverings in public was signed ... Susan Gottehrer, Nassau County regional director of the NYCLU, said in a statement Wednesday. “Masks also protect people ...

The ban on mask would cover any sort of public protest ... their face in a manner that hides their identity when in public," Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, said about ...

The push to ban masks in some public settings began in June after ... the first to face charges under a mask ban passed this month in Nassau County, N.Y., was not engaged in protest.