Posted on 12/20/2021 10:07:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Democratic leaders of both Long Island counties have joined with dozens of Republican officials around the state to defy Gov. Kathy Hochul’s private-sector mask mandate — and boost the ranks of renegade county governments to nearly two-thirds the total.
“While we will not be actively enforcing the mandate, we will respond to complaints and assist businesses with education and compliance however we can,” Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran told The Post on Friday.
Curran’s comment came after Republican Bruce Blakeman, who beat her in November, said he would refuse to enforce the mask mandate once he’s sworn in on Jan. 1.
Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone also said Thursday that he wouldn’t engage in “hard enforcement” of the order.
Hochul’s controversial mandate calls on all businesses that don’t require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to make employees, customers and visitors wear masks indoors.
Companies that don’t comply face fines of up to $1,000 per violation.
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Among the Big Apple’s five northern suburbs, only Westchester County has said it will crack down on violators — although in extremely vague and gentle terms.
Democratic Westchester County Executive George Latimer — who tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday after receiving two doses of vaccine — said officials would enforce Hochul’s mandate “to the best of our ability and with great discretion and understanding,” the Yonkers Times reported Thursday.
Still no EO on this from the gov.
Note to businesses that knuckle under: You won’t be getting my money.
Queens and Brooklyn are on some other Island?
Come on, NY. Don’t backtrack now. You know you want to cancel all New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square.
Geographically, Queens and Brooklyn are part of the long, Long Island.
Politically, they’re under the mayorship of the outgoing ( thank goodness ) Communist sympathizer, Bill De Blasio.
From what I’ve seen that leftist government even send out its leeches who are checking on passes and stuff to carry proof they have them...
Sounds like folks patience is wearing thin. Should have been a while back. Meanwhile in nevaDUH, gov sissypants still has the mask rule in place. Lots of places not being overly ‘enforceful’.
Dem pushback is starting although only a trickle so far.
It's a thing here.
There's the city and then there's Long Island. LI means Nassau and Suffolk, only.
Been that way for a long time.
I ran into a guy today at the PO who said that someone he knows lives in NYC and that people are abandoning he city in droves.
Not for fear of the virus, but because they don’t want their holiday ruined by the restrictive mandates.
For the love of God, it’s democrat, not democratic.
This is what should have happened in March 2020.
I have slammed NYers for not standing up to the BS. Now I will gladly give kudos to those who are standing up. This is great news.
There are little acts of rebellion all over Upstate.
This crap will continue until we stop complying.
This!
They will pass a bill to let her throw people in camps next.
Hochul on her balcony with a bulhorn, addressing her peasants , I mean constituents:
Obey! Obey, me, all you little weasels. Don’t you know I am your ruler?
The NYS GOP needs a candidate. Hochul is a disaster
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