Cuomo Changes Policy on New York Children Wearing Masks
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Many New York parents were angered last week when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a new protocol that would require children ages 2 to 5 to wear masks in child care programs and summer camps, despite not having to wear masks during the peak of the pandemic.
“The new mask mandates for young kids two years old and up at summer camp or in child care programs is completely unacceptable, Assemblyman Colin J. Schmitt (R,C,I,LBT,SAM-New Windsor) stated last week. These young children never had to wear masks during the pandemic and after the CDC lifted mask guidelines for adults now we are going to add one for young children playing in the summertime heat. This makes zero sense. The Governor must immediately issue updated guidance.”
Assemblyman Colin Schmitt (R, C, I, LBT, SAM-New Windsor), who represents Stony Point as part of the 99
th District in Albany, was sworn into office for a second term on January 6, 2021. That same day, Schmitt, his wife and office staffers were targeted by the Orange County Democratic Committee and New York City’s newly-hatched Democratic Socialist Party for encouraging “rioters” to attend Save America Rally in Washington, DC.
The “rioters” Schmitt wished a safe journey to, at 4:30AM on the same morning he was sworn in to office, were members of Orange County’s Right to Life and members of his church. The D.C. march, estimated to have been attended by over 150,000 people, ended badly when an extremist fringe marching at the forefront scaled the Capitol building walls and entered the halls of Congress, smashing windows and causing mayhem. Tragically, five people were killed in the ensuing melee.