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A New York City suburb's ban against public mask wearing was challenged in federal court on Thursday, alleging the law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and needlessly opens health compromised individuals for ridicule. Nassau County, the bedroom community just east of New York City with nearly 1.4 million residents, last week officially banned wearing face coverings in public in what's believed to be the nation's first such prohibition.
,' a county resident with 'cerebral palsy and asthma.' 'G.B. fears that people, including the police, will approach them because they wear a face mask, and will make unwanted contact with them, harass them, discriminate against them, and/or abuse them,' the complaint said. 'The mask ban law in Nassau County causes G.B. great stress and fear when they go out into the community. G.B.
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