BULLETIN BOARD: MTA to ticket maskless NYC subway, bus and train riders after a year of lax enforcement; cover your face or face $50 fine
The MTA is done playing nice on its mask mandate. Transit officials on Wednesday announced a crackdown on riders who skirt a state rule that requires them to wear a mask while on transit.
The new enforcement push begins Thursday, officials said. It comes more than a year after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Sept. 10, 2020 order mandating all commuters in New York wear face masks or else face a $50 fine.
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