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NY Gov Kathy Hochul: Mask Vaccine Mandates
Hochul Imposes Universal NY School Mask Rule, Calls for Staff Vaccine or Test Out Mandate on Day 1
"Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York in a midnight swearing-in ceremony shortly after Andrew Cuomo's resignation took effect
She has vowed to clean house and inherits major challenges, from the ongoing COVID crisis to crime, pot legalization and budget battles
The 62-year-old Democrat from western NY is relatively unknown outside of the state's political circles, and she is certainly not a household name like her predecessor.
Gov. Kathy Hochul directed New York state's Department of Health to institute universal masking for "anyone entering our schools" on Day 1 in office and said new vaccine requirements for New Yorkers would be "coming soon."
In her first public address as the 57th governor of New York, the first woman to helm the state in its history also made good on a promise she had made earlier in the day to weigh in on teacher vaccination mandates separately imposed in New York City and New Jersey a day ago.
Hochul called for a COVID vaccination mandate or weekly test-out option "at least for now" for all school personnel statewide. She said she is working with partners at all levels of government, as well as key stakeholders, to make that happen and plans to lay out a series of school-related policies later this week that will be "concise and consistent, giving the school districts what they have been asking for."
The New York State United Teachers said in a statement that they support universal mask-wearing as well as Hochul's call for regular COVID testing for school staff who are not yet vaccinated.
There are a few high priorities for her administration, Hochul said: Combatting the delta variant, getting New Yorkers direct aid quicker, and "beginning to change the culture in Albany" being chief among them."
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"The Democrat described getting children safely back to school amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, considering the grave threat posed to the unvaccinated by the delta variant, as her top priority.
"We need to require vaccinations for all school personnel with an option to test out weekly. To accomplish this in New York, we need partnerships with all levels of government and we are working now on getting this done," Hochul said. "
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"As the incoming governor, Hochul had hinted at a return for statewide mask mandates in schools, saying it is her "opinion" that everyone in schools, students and staff alike, should be wearing masks.
She didn't have the authority to implement the rules then but she does now."
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