A Mask Ban in Nassau County

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🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Why have Nassau County Republicans passed a ban on face coverings in public?

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0:00.0	It's the Brian Laird show on WNYc,
0:02.0	welcome.
0:04.0	I'm not.
0:05.0	It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC.
0:12.0	Welcome back everybody. I'm Matt Katz sitting in the big seat for
0:16.1	Brian today. We're going to move to Long Island now where Nassau County Republicans did something
0:21.7	that took a lot of us by surprise this week.
0:24.8	They voted to ban masks in public, with some exceptions.
0:29.0	Why?
0:30.0	Why now?
0:31.0	Mass have been a culture war touchstone since COVID when the right railed against
0:34.7	mandates that masks be worn in public spaces and now the opposite is happening
0:39.3	banning masks is becoming a public policy priority and that has less to do with COVID and more to do with
0:46.1	anti-Israel protests. My colleague in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom, Charles Lane, has been covering the story and he's here with me in the studio to talk over the issue.
0:57.0	Good morning, Charles.
0:58.0	Good morning.
0:59.0	Listeners, are you in Nassau County resident affected by the mask band.
1:02.6	Do you support it?
1:03.6	Oppose it?
1:04.2	Or are you just confused why this is an issue at all?
1:07.8	Give us a call or send us a tax step.
1:10.0	212-433.
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