NEW YORK — A New York appeals court weighed Tuesday whether to uphold a ruling overturning Gov. Hochul’s mask mandate as confusion mounted about whether face coverings are still required in schools and other indoor settings.
Lawyers for the state and Long Island parents of schoolchildren challenging the mandate sparred in court over whether the state Department of Health actually had the authority to require people wear masks indoors.
The hearing was the result of a decision late Monday by Nassau County Judge Thomas Rademaker tossing Hochul’s indoor mask mandate, ruling that such an order could only be implemented through the legislature.
