Mask mandate

New York’s mask mandate for schools will end on Wednesday, March 2, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday.

The school board at Chenango Forks Central School District voted unanimously to end the district's mask requirements as soon as the statewide mandate is lifted.

Protestors gathered in front of Binghamton's state office building, calling for an end to mask mandates in schools.

The statewide mask mandate will end Thursday.

“We’re not taking our foot off the gas when it comes to fighting the pandemic,."

Since the statewide mask mandate was announced last week, New York’s counties have grappled with how to implement it. Certain counties have embraced the mandate. Others have refused to carry it out.

"I think everybody is a little bit nervous about where we're going from here."

I want to kind of let governor-to-be Hochul kind of get her sea legs and we'll go from there.”

"We're talking about one to two new cases, daily, sometimes zero cases daily, to about 30 new cases per day."