Gov. Hochul considering a face mask ban on New York City subways, citing antisemitic acts

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that she is considering a ban on face masks in the New York City subway system due to concerns about people shielding their identities while committing antisemitic acts.

Hundreds of people leaving the rally flooded into a subway station, some waving flags and banging on drums, to get on trains headed downtown. On one train, a man who was not wearing a mask led a small group in chanting “Raise your hands if you’re a Zionist” to other passengers, followed by, “This is your chance to get out.”

“We will not tolerate individuals using masks to evade responsibility for criminal or threatening behaviour,” Hochul said. “My team is working on a solution, but on a subway, people should not be able to hide behind a mask to commit crimes.” “The Governor’s concerns about masks disguising criminal activity won’t be quelled by banning anonymous peaceful protest. Mask bans were originally developed to squash political protests and, like other laws that criminalize people, they will be selectively enforced – used to arrest, doxx, surveil, and silence people of colour and protestors the police disagree with,” Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.

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