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The announcement began a weekend of confusion and anxiety for school leaders, teachers and parents who said they would have to once again reconfigure classrooms and alter other protocols.

It looks like New York State is not ready to change its guidance on masking yet for grades K-12.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins are easing capacity limits in the Assembly and Senate chambers, but masks will still be required during session.

“As we set our sights on the fall semester and reopening our campuses, we hope to be able to lift many more COVID-related restrictions in the weeks and months to come."

Oneonta's mayor supports mask-wearing in public, but adds the vetoed ordinance wouldn’t make people any safer.

Wegmans will be supplying face masks to its employees in line with federal guidelines designed to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.