At least four transit systems in New York and California are continuing to require masks even after a federal judge struck down the nationwide mandate for mass transportation systems.
People must continue wearing masks while riding subways or in airports in New York, agencies confirmed to The Epoch Times.
Mass transit riders in Los Angeles and San Francisco are also still being required to don face coverings.
The New York mandates stem from New York Health Commissioner Mary Bassett’s determination on March 2 that forcing people to wear masks indoors would “protect against the transmission of the COVID-19 virus, including its variants.”