Students have been wearing face coverings in school since they started returning to classrooms last year.
Latest state guidance creates more confusion about mask breaks in schools
Guidance issued Friday on Gov. Kathy Hochul's statewide mask requirement said the state does not "provide for the implementation of 'mask breaks' during the school day, nor does it provide for an exception to the masking requirement on the basis of minimal social distancing in classrooms."
Businesses and restaurants in Western New York are reacting to challenges posed by new mask and vaccine rules imposed by the state, and the ri…
“This is a crisis. This is a health care crisis and people are going to die. If people had gotten vaccinated when we asked them to, and got th…
The governor's office announced 21,027 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, a one-day record in New York State.Â
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced that counties would be given the leeway to enact a test-to-stay program that would enable children who h…
Erie County’s falling hospitalizations have proved a bright spot in an otherwise uncertain period. Across the region, the number of hospitaliz…
The number of positive cases among children, teachers and staff in public schools in Erie and Niagara counties doubled from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1, …
Confusion and disagreements over mask mandates in NY continued until Tuesday afternoon, when an Appellate Division judge stayed a decision mad…
When the mandate is lifted, you'll still see masks in the classroom. And if school boards have to make a decision about masks in the classroom…
The new state mandate appears to be more restrictive than a similar mask requirement imposed in Erie County last month, at least when it comes…
Some Erie County legislators believe there is a better path to getting people to wear masks than having a county executive using his executive…
Amid worsening Covid-19 case numbers, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on Tuesday defended his mask mandate, suggested a vaccination manda…
Erie County's Covid-19 numbers fell by more than 1,000 new cases week over week, down from a high of 5,537 cases the week after Thanksgiving.
“We can all do this, New Yorkers. It is not that hard to do,’’ Hochul said of her masking rule, which applies to all indoor settings except pr…
Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, a Republican, said a top Hochul official told him and other county executives on a phone call Friday …
Real-time research is showing that Covid-19 vaccines, which afforded strong protection when they were first given, become less effective prote…
