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There’s a shifting narrative on COVID-19 restrictions across the country among Democratic officials and candidates

The statewide mandate will end, but cities and counties can keep their own mask mandates in place, Gov. Kathy Hochul says.

New York will lift its indoor mask mandate for businesses as of Thursday, but allow counties and cities to maintain their own mandates, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday. But even as indoor mandates for businesses end, they will remain for schools, with Hochul saying the state would reassess conditions in the first week of March. She later added there was…

As both New Jersey and Connecticut set dates to do away with mask mandates both for businesses and schools, will New York opt to do the same? NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

The New York State Health Department is expected to extend the state’s school mask mandate beyond its current deadline of Feb. 21, sources tell NBC New York.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has guaranteed an update on the state’s mask mandate later this week, coming on the heels of an announcement from New Jersey about ending the mask rules in schools. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will announce the end of the state’s mask mandate in schools on Monday. Brian Thompson reports.

New Jersey will end its school mask mandate on March 7, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. Though the state mandate is ending, Murphy said school districts can continue their own mandates if they want — and they are not permitted to ban masks, either. The New Jersey Education Association — with which Murphy is closely allied — issued a statement…

The differing mask rules in neighboring New Jersey cities are causing confusion for residents. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

The teacher in Woodbridge Township tried to claim medical exemption so she didn’t have to wear a mask in school.

Authorities in New Jersey have charged a teacher for allegedly forging a doctor’s note that claimed she had a medical exemption to prevent her from adhering to the district’s mask policy. Prosecutors in Middlesex County say 55-year-old Gayle Hadley was arrested on Sept. 23 for forging medical records to the Woodbridge Public School District. The Toms River woman allegedly...

Laughter interrupted a teen’s heartfelt speech at a Tennessee school board meeting as he spoke about his late grandmother who died last year from COVID-19.

Grady Knox, a high school junior, was speaking in support of a school mask mandate at a Tennessee school board meeting when some in attendance began to laugh after he shared that his grandmother died of COVID-19.