Legislators have proposed a controversial new bill that would make it a crime to harass others while wearing a mask. It’s not the first time. In New York, mask bans have existed for nearly two ...

Albany — With less than two weeks to approve a final state budget, Governor Kathy Hochul has thrown a new proposal in the mix, a restriction on the use of masks. It's a concept the gained some ground ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Samuel Shaffery, a legal intern at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and a third-year law student at the CUNY School of Law. New York City Mayor Eric ...

The scene is depressingly and alarmingly the same whether it is taking place at Columbia, Barnard, any one of the City Colleges as well as at colleges and universities around the country. Emboldened ...

A day after pushing for a partial ban on face coverings, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she favored a less stringent proposal that would target “masked harassment.” By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has started pushing a statewide crackdown on masked protesters in her closed-door negotiations with Albany lawmakers — despite largely abandoning the issue publicly. Sources familiar ...