New York City schools will continue to require masks By Jillian Jorgensen New York City PUBLISHED 5:13 PM ET Jun. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED June 4, 2021 @5:13 PM
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New York City schools will continue to require students and staff to wear masks, even as the state plans to relax minimum guidelines.
In a letter to the Centers for Disease Control, state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker outlined plans to relax mask rules in schools and camps beginning this Monday, assuming the CDC has no objections. The new state standard would “strongly encourage” mask use indoors for unvaccinated students and staff, but wouldn’t require it.
But Zucker noted schools would be able to set their own stricter guidelines and the city’s public schools will do just that.