NY ends virus mask requirements for vaccinated residents

People walk past a subway stop sign as the subway returns to 24-hour service, in New York City, yesterday.

New York state will no longer require people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to wear masks in many public spaces, adopting the new guidance issued last week by federal health officials, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said yesterday. “Unvaccinated people should continue to wear a mask,” the governor said. Masks will still be required on public transit, in schools and in some other communal settings, even among the vaccinated, the governor said. He also said private businesses could still impose their own masking rules on customers and other visitors.