It appears New York Democrats received the Impact Research memo last week about COVID-19 mandates.
Democrats were advised to declare the COVID crisis phase over and push for a feeling of normalcy.
On Sunday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced the lifting of mandates in the Empire State.
Gov. Hochul said the statewide school mask mandate would end on Wednesday, March 2nd.
Our top priority has always been keeping kids in school and making sure our classrooms are safe.
Now, with COVID cases declining by 98% since the Omicron peak and updated @CDCgov guidance in place, we will lift the statewide school mask requirement this coming Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/WQ5NJKbF98
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) February 27, 2022
Eric Adams announced New York City's indoor mask mandate for public school students would end on Monday, March 7th if their numbers continued to show a low level of risk.
Adams stated the city would also lift its proof of COVID-19 inoculation requirements for indoor venues, assuming there wasn't any surprises.
New York City’s #COVID numbers continue to go down.
So long as our indicators show a low level of risk and we see no surprises this week, on Monday, March 7 we will also remove the vaccination requirements for Key2NYC — meaning indoor dining, fitness and entertainment venues.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) February 27, 2022
I want to thank the millions of New Yorkers who masked up and helped us reach unprecedented levels of vaccinations.
I also want to thank @GovKathyHochul for her partnership in the fight against #COVID19 and for making clear that our parents should be part of this conversation.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) February 27, 2022
The New York Post reported:
Mask mandates in public schools across New York will be lifted this Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday — and she feels “confident” Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams will follow suit but said it’s ultimately up to him.
Speaking from Albany, Hochul said local governments would now be empowered to set their own school mask requirements in accordance with new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Friday that reclassified much of the state as “low risk” for COVID infection.
“Given the decline in our rates, our hospitalizations, strong vaccination rates and the CDC guidance, we, friends, the day has come,” Hochul said. “Today we are going to be announcing that we’ll be lifting the statewide mask requirement in schools, and that’ll be effective this Wednesday, March 2.”
Hochul said she had spoken to Mayor Eric Adams and “feels confident” he will follow her lead and yank the city’s school mask requirement, but declined to speak on his behalf.
“My position is to empower the local governments to make the decisions for their entire county. But I’ve always said that if there are entities within and we’re going to whether it’s a city, a school district and school if they choose to be more restrictive. We will not prohibit that whatsoever,” she said.
Any New Yorker who thinks Hochul and Adams made this move to benefit their constituents is delusional.
New York State still fired healthcare workers:
New York City still fired city workers:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Fires Over 1,400 City Employees for Refusing the COVID-19 Jabs
New York City still has a private sector COVID-19 jab mandate:
Gov. Hochul still has a tyrannical quarantine camp regulation:
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