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

She went on to say the new budget deal includes $45 million for the National Guard task force, $77 million to keep funding ...

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 ...

It’s a mask slip-up. A Gov. Kathy Hochul-backed mask ban in the $254 billion state budget deal drew jeers from lawmakers, who said it didn’t go nearly far enough as they lined up to vote on ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Earlier Monday, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Hochul and legislative leaders have tentatively agreed to make wearing a mask in public a misdemeanor, but only when police first charge a mask ...