New York Allows Store Owners to <br />Deny Entry to People Without Masks Governor Andrew Cuomo's new <br />executive order gives establishment <br />owners permission to issue bans. Andrew Cuomo, <br />via Twitter Andrew Cuomo, via press briefing New York has been hit the hardest <br />in the U.S. with over 360,000 <br />confirmed cases of COVID-19. Nearly all of the state has started <br />reopening except for New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio <br />says they will likely begin <br />the process within weeks. According to Cuomo, <br />not enough younger people <br />are wearing masks in public areas. He partly attributes this to the early <br />and inaccurate thought that COVID-19 <br />poses less of a threat to young people. Coronavirus can infect <br />people of all ages. Cuomo has often stressed that masks <br />are critical for protecting and <br />respecting other people.
