The mask policy was one of the final hurdles Hochul and the Legislature had to clear to reach a budget agreement.

Hochul visited Grand Central and the 5th Ave. station on the No. 7 train Thursday amid a victory lap for subway safety funding. (Evan Simko-Bednarski for New York Daily News) Gov. Hochul pledged ...

Kathy Hochul said Monday ... comes almost a year after the governor floated the idea banning masks in the New York City subway system because of what she described as concern about people hiding ...

The New York state budget deal includes a new law that would tack on an extra charge for perps who wear masks while committing another crime, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday. The governor and state ...

New York State officials announced a tentative agreement Monday on a $254 billion budget that will prohibit most kids from ...

Kathy Hochul says the state ... a misdemeanor to hide your face with a mask when committing a felony crime. "That's important, because we've seen in the subway people masking themselves trying ...

Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, announced a $254 billion budget deal on Monday that includes an agreement with state lawmakers to add an extra charge for people who wear masks while committing crimes.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is launching what she described Thursday as a network of 24/7 “welcome centers” in the city’s subway, where health professionals and social workers will connect homeless ...