View Comments New York will have to decide whether to adopt new mask-wearing guidelines after the federal government reversed its position Tuesday, recommending that even vaccinated people wear them indoors, including in schools, in areas of high COVID-19 transmission. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the change as the spread of the delta variant, a particularly transmissible strain of COVID-19, picked up speed across the nation. Now, it will be up to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration — or perhaps local governments — to decide whether to adopt the federal guidance in New York. As of Tuesday afternoon, the state's mask-wearing policy largely applied only to those in public spaces who are unvaccinated.