{"id":390491,"date":"2022-01-06T20:52:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bruce-blakeman-issues-order-defying-kathy-hochuls-mask-mandates\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T20:52:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:52:16","slug":"bruce-blakeman-issues-order-defying-kathy-hochuls-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bruce-blakeman-issues-order-defying-kathy-hochuls-mask-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bruce Blakeman issues order defying Kathy Hochul&#8217;s mask mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Bruce Blakeman issues order defying Kathy Hochul&#8217;s mask mandates<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In direct defiance of Gov. Kathy Hochul, newly installed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman wants to let school districts decide if kids must wear masks inside buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican official signed a trio of executive orders Thursday \u2014 including one that would empower Nassau\u2019s school boards with the ability to scrap student mask mandates.<\/p>\n<p>Arguing that Albany was imposing an \u201cautocracy\u201d upon the state, Blakeman repeatedly ripped Hochul\u2019s mask decrees prior to the signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchool boards are comprised of elected officials who make decisions based upon the unique circumstances of each district,\u201d Blakeman said at a Thursday press conference. \u201cThey are in the best position to make these decisions, not an autocracy in Albany.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman said he was confident that the order carries sufficient legal weight to enable districts to defy state masking rules, but that remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis executive order gives the school districts their own individual right to make decisions within the country under our home rule authority that we have as a county,\u201d he said. \u201cOur county is larger than nine states and we don\u2019t need people in Albany telling us what we should be doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-mask-mandate-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Blakeman's orders go against Gov. Kathy Hochul's indoor mask mandate.\" class=\"wp-image-20736742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-mask-mandate-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-mask-mandate-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-mask-mandate-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Blakeman\u2019s orders go against Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s indoor mask mandate.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">G.N.Miller\/NYPost<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blakeman signed two additional orders, one that allows public county workers to not wear masks indoors and another that formalizes his decision not to enforce Hochul\u2019s mask mandates that \u201cunfairly fine residents and small businesses thousands of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking a very aggressive <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach in fighting COVID-19,\u201d he said. \u201cBut this aggressive approach must be balanced by keeping in mind the psychological and economic risks of every decision we make as well as individual constitutionals rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman also announced that the country will double distribution of free test kits this weekend, establish free vaccination sites and provide KN95 masks to all private and public school teachers and employees.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-mask-mandate-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"People protesting vaccine and mask mandates at the New York state Capitol building ahead of Hochul's State of the State speech on January 5, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-20736758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-mask-mandate-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-mask-mandate-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-mask-mandate-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People protesting vaccine and mask mandates at the New York state Capitol building ahead of Hochul\u2019s state of the state speech on Jan. 5, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Hans Pennink<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1336720283.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Students wearing masks in a school in Jericho, New York in Nassau County on August 26, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20736772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1336720283.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1336720283.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1336720283.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1336720283.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Students wearing masks in a school in Jericho, New York in Nassau County last summer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Alejandra Villa Loarca\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>day RM via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think there is an unreasonable focus on these masks, especially the paper mask,\u201d he said. \u201cThe data is not there that they materially provide the kind of protection that people would want. It\u2019s a false sense of security. So what we are doing here in Nassau County is we\u2019re doing meaningful things, we\u2019re doing material things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blakeman reiterated that Nassau cops and firefighters won\u2019t enforce mask-related mandates from the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have far more important things to do than chase people around to see if they are wearing masks,\u201d he said. \u201cThey will not be doing that.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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