The MTA and Port Authority — which together govern the subway, buses, Metro North, LIRR, PATH and regional airports — are keeping their masking requirements, despite a Florida judge tossing out the national mask mandate for mass transit.
But orders from New York State’s health department mean masks are still required on transit facilities governed by the state. The conflict comes in spaces like Penn Station which is a hub for trains governed by New York, New Jersey and the federal government.
“There’s a pandemic going on,” Pastorino said. “Because omicron is contagious, because we’re not over it because it’s stupid to be in an enclosed space with a bunch of people who are breathing on me.”
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