New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says NYPD officers not wearing masks should face ‘penalties’
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New York City police officers who don’t wear coronavirus masks should face “penalties,” according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“Our officers should be held to the same standard as all citizens, all public standards,” he said at a news conference Wednesday. “If they don’t, there should be penalties.”
Despite the statement, de Blasio said most police officers do wear masks on the job in the Big Apple. But the New York Post reported that at the same time the mayor made that statement, more than 30 officers in the building’s hallway were not wearing masks.
Of the 18 outside the press room at 1 Police Plaza, only three had masks on, according to the Post. And none of the 16 officers near the elevator were wearing them.
Separately, state Sen. Brad Hoylman sent a letter to NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea on Wednesday asking the department to strengthen its enforcement of the department’s face covering requirement.
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