Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed a controversial new bill into law Wednesday, one that bans face masks in public ...

NEW YORK-- Wearing masks in public could become illegal in New York City. Mayor Eric Adams is throwing his support behind Nassau County's new face mask ban and pushing for a similar law in the city.

NEW YORK -- Police in the suburbs of New York City made the first arrest under a new local law banning face masks, officials ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Nassau County's controversial ... said were committed by people wearing masks. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have previously expressed support ...

Wesslin Omar Ramirez Castillo, 18, was arrested Sunday after Nassau County police responded to reports of a "suspicious male" ...

The Mask Transparency Act, passed by Nassau County’s Republican-controlled legislature, was introduced in response to a rise ...

A controversial ban on wearing face coverings in public spaces was enacted Wednesday in New York's suburban Nassau County, a move quickly criticized by civil rights advocates and state officials ...

Nassau County under Blakeman has become a policy and cultural counterweight to Democratic policies that dominate in New York City and Albany. “We are surrounded by people who have lunatic ...

Officials announced this week that police in the suburbs of New York City made the first arrest under a new local law banning ...

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A Queens man was convicted Tuesday of multiple counts of rape and predatory sexual assault for attacking three women in Hempstead between 2015 ...