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The state was granted a stay by Appellate Court Judge Robert Miller, keeping Hochul’s mask mandate in place while the appeal process continues.

The state appealed a Monday court ruling striking down the mandate.

A New York appeals judge left the state’s indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration appeals a lower court’s decision to overturn it.

State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker said in his decision that the state Department of Health didnt have the legal authority to implement the mandate.

With New York’s public indoor mask mandate being debated in court, Governor Kathy Hochul is urging people to continue wearing masks as COVID-19 infection rates fall from peaks earlier this month. The mandate remains in effect after a state Appellate Court Tuesday afternoon issued a stay on a judge’s decision Monday that the state Health Department didn’t have the authority to implement the mandate and that it was up to the state Legislature.

An appeals judge temporarily restored New York’s mask mandate Tuesday, a day after a...

In a press conference shortly before the stay order, Gov. Kathy Hochul said “we disagree 100 percent” with the earlier ruling, and that “we believe this will be settled very shortly.”

New York state education officials told school administrators to continue enforcing the states mask mandate for students and teachers Tuesday despite a judges ruling overturning it, causing confusion as some districts rushed to make masks optional.

A New York appeals judge left the state's indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration appeals a lower court's decision to overturn it.

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -An appeals court judge on Tuesday granted a stay in an appeal over mask mandates in New York, keeping the rule in effect ...