New York to let COVID-19 state of emergency expire
New York will lift more COVID-19 restrictions when the state of emergency expires later this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.
The state of emergency expires Thursday, he said, meaning that it lifts Friday.
New Yorkers will still have to wear masks on public transit, hospitals, nursing homes, correctional facilities and homeless shelters, in accordance with federal guidance. Students and staff still have to wear masks at schools indoors until the end of the school year — though the Department of Health didn’t say Wednesday whether that rule applies for summer school, for example.