The Latest Breaking News from Kathy Hochul

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams vowed to tackle homelessness on New York City’s subway system on Friday with an ambitious new plan that will rely, in part, on more funding from the state for shelter and medical treatment.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams vowed to tackle homelessness on New York City’s subway system on Friday with an ambitious new plan that will rely, in part, on more funding from the state for shelter and medical treatment.

Getting on the blue-states-loosening-mask-rules bandwagon, Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday announced that she’s letting the state’s indoor face-covering mandate lapse. With COVID-19 transmission and hospitalization rates way down across New York — and 82% of adults fully vaccinated, a bulwark that is likely what kept omicron from killing in far larger…

The governors of New York and Massachusetts announced on Wednesday that they would end certain mask mandates in their states, joining a growing list of US state leaders planning to lift face-covering rules as the latest Covid-19 surge eases.

NEW YORK — New York’s statewide mask mandate will end Thursday, two months after it was first announced, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, but a mandate in schools is set to remain in effect until early March.

Governor Kathy Hochul says masks will still be required in schools, childcare and healthcare centres

New York joins several other blue states in seeking normalcy and rolling back restrictions.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday will announce the end of her state's mask mandate for most indoor public places, The New York Times reported, joining several states due to lift face-covering rules as the latest COVID-19 surge eases.

Gov. Kathy Hochul will announce Wednesday whether the state will extend a COVID-19 mask mandate requiring face coverings in most indoor public settings, like grocery stores, shops and offices