Archiv: Kathy Hochul
BREAKING: Democrat Kathy Hochul wins re-election in New York governor‘s race, NBC News projects.
A New York judge rules that the state’s mask mandate is unconstitutional and can’t be enforced.
Gov. Kathy Hochul had renewed a rule requiring masks or proof of vaccination at all indoor public places throughout the state in December, amid a winter virus surge, and said it would last a month. The state Health Department then extended the mandate an additional two weeks, to expire on Feb. 1.
In his six-page decision, State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Rademaker wrote that Ms. Hochul and state health officials lacked the authority to enact the mask mandate without the approval of state lawmakers, and that it violated the state constitution. Regardless of the “well aimed” intentions of state officials, such authority is “entrusted solely to the State Legislature,” Justice Rademaker wrote.
NEW: A New York state Supreme Court judge has ruled that Governor Kathy Hochul‘s statewide indoor mask mandate is unconstitutional.
Kathy Hochul übernimmt Gouverneursamt
Hochul vertritt den eher konservativen Flügel der Demokraten in New York und war seit 2015 Stellvertreterin von Cuomo, der sich in seiner dritten Amtszeit befand.