Posted on 01/06/2022 1:00:49 PM PST by lightman
In direct defiance of Gov. Kathy Hochul, newly installed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman wants to let school districts decide if kids must wear masks inside buildings.
The Republican official signed a trio of executive orders Thursday — including one that would give Nassau’s school boards the ability to scrap student mask mandates.
Arguing that Albany was imposing an “autocracy” upon the state, Blakeman repeatedly ripped Hochul’s mask decrees prior to the signing.
“School boards are comprised of elected officials who make decisions based upon the unique circumstances of each district,” Blakeman said at a Thursday press conference. “They are in the best position to make these decisions, not an autocracy in Albany.”
But Hochul fired back at Blakeman later Thursday — and suggested that his orders would ultimately prove toothless. The governor said “state laws will prevail” and that “children in masks, that is safer for them.”...
The New York State Teachers United Teachers union also opposed Blakeman’s offensive on Albany.
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“School officers take an oath to obey all legal requirements,” Rosa said in a statement. “It is the State Education Department’s expectation that school boards will follow all legal requirements, including the face covering regulation.”...
Blakeman signed two additional orders, one that allows public county workers to not wear masks indoors and another that formalizes his decision not to enforce Hochul’s mask mandates that “unfairly fine residents and small businesses thousands of dollars.”...
Blakeman reiterated that Nassau cops and firefighters won’t enforce mask-related mandates from the state.
“They have far more important things to do than chase people around to see if they are wearing masks,” he said. “They will not be doing that.”
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One autocracy cancels another.
I'm with the Nassau County folks, but the inherent contradiction is befuddling.
Where are the checks and balances aka other branches of government?
Supposed to be the ballot box, but...
Since Biden has been cancelled out, it falls under state jurisdiction.
GOOD! Hope more counties defy her!
>> Supposed to be the ballot box, but... <<
WRONG! We don’t function by plebocite but by laws. This is a Republic, not a band of shipwrecked kids washed up on a shore.
Shame none of the “executives” had the sack 18 months ago.
You dont need to scream with caps on. My hearing is fine.
Yes, legislatures pass laws. Executives has ‘some’ EO powers. So it could be a little of both, I dont know New York law in any detail. My point was we get what we elect, assuming its not rigged. That applies to legislature and execs. When either over reach they are accountable to the voters.
New York State officially declared itself an unconstitutional sanctuary for illegal aliens on September 15, 2017 via an illegal executive order signed by Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Good for him.
“Where are the checks and balances aka other branches of government?”
There are no checks and balances once you start ruling via dictat. Now it’s one dictator vs another dictator, and who wins that type of confrontation is a question of who is willing to deploy brute force most ruthlessly.
I think you dropped this:/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/d5/24/d5243019-e0fc-4b3c-8cdb-48e22f38bff2/istock-183380744.jpg)
You got my point.
Nassau County is great! More Republicans need to tell Resident Biden to go F himself...
Face mask mandates are illegal no matter which tyrants demand them. I didn’t say we were a nation of legislation, but a nation of laws. Please learn the difference.
No it's not.
Blakeman is simply telling his police force not to enforce Hochul's illegal autocratic orders.
The County Exec doesn't have to execute the Governor's illegal EO's.
The County Exec is not overreaching.
I didn’t say he did. I was making a general statement that if an elected official overreaches and pisses off his constituents, one of the restraints on that is the risk of losing his next election.
Great.
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