However, the New York State Education Department has issued a statement that schools must comply with mask rules until the case is resolved.
The Masapequa School District is one of several school districts currently in the state, telling students and teachers that if you don’t want to wear a mask, you don’t need to wear one.
They are not alone.
At least 20 districts of Long Island did not waste time waiving their mask obligations given this new margin from Judge Thomas Raidmaker of the State Supreme Court.
Areas where students and staff can remove their masks include Plainedge, Massapequa, North Merrick, Smithtown, Levittown, East Meadow, Sachem, West Islip, Farmingdale, Franklin Square, Rockville Center, Sewanhaka and Belmore Merrick Central High School. Includes district, Copiague. , Carle Place, Harborfields, Commack, Connetquot, Lindenhurst, ColdSpring Harbor.
Masks remain mandatory in Jericho, Baldwin, Sioset, and all Catholic schools.
The New York State Department of Health says the rules are still in effect while they are suing.
The Ministry of Education also issued the following statement:
“The State Department of Education understands that the Supreme Court of Nassau County has ruled that the Ministry of Health has surpassed the authority to enact mask regulation 10 NYCRR 2.60 in Demetriou et al. V. New York State Dep’t of Health et al. Albany. As long as the County Supreme Court recently upheld the Massapequa UFSD et al. V. Hochul, et al. Regulations, the regulations are subject to conflicting decisions.
It is SED’s understanding that the Ministry of Health will appeal against the Nassau County Supreme Court’s decision, resulting in an automatic stay that clearly restores the Mask rules until the Court of Appeals makes a further decision. Therefore, the school must follow the rules of the mask. “
Judge Rademaker states that the latest mask rules issued by the State Department in December are unconstitutional.
He says the health sector has no authority to enact new legislation.
Due to the scandal of former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Congress has also deprived the Governor’s office of an emergency pandemic.
Celebrated by Executive Bruce Breakman of Nassau County.
“The governor has no one-sided authority, and the health commissioner has one-sided authority to create rules that have a significant impact on people’s lives, especially without collateral damage to our school children. No. I think this is a big win. All New Yorkers. “
Governor Hochul issued the following statement on Monday night:
“My responsibility as governor is to protect New Yorkers through this public health crisis. These measures will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. We strongly oppose this ruling. And we are pursuing all the options to cancel this immediately. “
The state initially enacted the Maskman Date, which ended in June 2021, for vaccinated individuals in April 2020. Hochul announced that it will be valid for at least a month in mid-December. Earlier this month, the State Department of Health said the mission would run until February 1.
The ruling comes from the fact that the Omicron wave that seized New York seems to be declining. The state recorded an average of about 23,400 new cases of virus per day over the seven days ending on Sunday, down from 74,600 per day at the peak of the wave in early January. Hospitalizations have also declined, with a 17% decline across the state over the past seven days.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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