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NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

New York City lifted its mask mandate for hundreds of thousands of public school students and its COVID vaccine-proof rule for businesses earlier this week, but kids younger than 5 are still required to mask up in indoor settings. When will that end? Mayor Eric Adams was asked that very question at an unrelated news conference on Friday. He told…

The NYPD and many other Municipalities are set to end COVID-19 mask mandates.

After nearly two full years of wearing face coverings through virtually every critical component of daily life, the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are loosening the last stringent rules (that they control, anyway) around masks. Statewide indoor school mask mandates have dropped in all three tri-states and New York City, the globe’s worst-hit hotspot early in...

For the first time in nearly two years, parents can send their kids to school in New York City without a face mask as New York City and New Jersey lift one of the longest-standing bastions of the COVID crisis. The removal of school mask mandates comes almost two years to the day the World Health Organization declared it a…

On Monday, most students in New York City will no longer be required to wear facemasks and proof of vaccination will no longer be required to enter businesses. Similar mandates will be lifted in New Jersey the same day. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

New York City, which has had the nation’s toughest COVID-19 safety protocols, will do away with several of its mandates next week, including required masking in public schools and vaccination requirements at restaurants, entertainment and cultural venues, the mayor announced Friday. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Mayor Eric Adams announced major changes Friday to the city’s core COVID mandates. Here’s what you need to know.

Come Monday, hundreds of thousands of public school students in the nation’s largest district and their educators can ditch face masks indoors, Mayor Eric Adams said Friday as he announced the looming end of one of the most profoundly impactive and longstanding mandates of the COVID pandemic. Businesses throughout the five boroughs won’t have to check vaccine cards at...

BREAKING UPDATE: NYC Lifts School Mask Mandate for K-12, Ends Vaccine Proof Rule for Business Starting Monday Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce his final decision Friday on whether masks in schools, one of the longest-standing bastions of the pandemic, and the city’s Key2NYC vaccine proof requirement will end early next week. The Democrat has been vocal about...

New York City has said it plans to lift the mask mandate for the nation’s largest public school system come Monday, March 7, as well as the Key2NYC vaccine mandate that requires customers show proof of vaccination to enter indoor spaces.

When can we stop wearing masks? March 7, for the most part, but there are a few exceptions. Here’s where you’ll still need to wear one.

Individual school districts will still be able to impose mask orders after the New York governor drops the statewide mandate. NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.

Mayor Eric Adams said he intended to drop to key mandates designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 on March 7 if key indicators hold. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Face masks and vaccine cards, two essentials in the everyday lives of New Yorkers, are starting to get phased out in the city whose leaders are looking to return daily life to pre-pandemic habits. On Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams announced his intention to reverse the city’s “Key2NYC” policy, which currently requires anyone 5 and older to show proof of...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention outlined new measures for communities where COVID cases are dropping on Friday, meaning healthy people in these areas can take a break from wearing masks

City Hall released comprehensive guidelines Wednesday on the looming private-sector vaccine mandate set to take effect later this month, a strictest-in-the-nation order Mayor Bill de Blasio has called a preemptive strike against the triple COVID threat posed by omicron’s emergence, delta’s severity and the holiday season.

City Hall released comprehensive guidelines Wednesday on the looming private-sector vaccine mandate set to take effect later this month, a strictest-in-the-nation order Mayor Bill de Blasio has called a preemptive strike against the triple COVID threat posed by omicron’s emergence, delta’s severity and the holiday season. Starting Dec. 27, all private-sector workers who have not filed for reasonable accommodations...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced major new expansions to the vaccine mandate, on Monday. Andrew Siff reports.