DEFIANCE OF HOLCHUL'S MASK MANDATE GROWS AS ALL OF LONG ISLAND REFUSES TO ENFORCE IT, RENEGADE COUNTY GOVTS NOW TO NEARLY TWO-THIRDS THE TOTAL

The Democratic leaders of both Long Island counties have joined with dozens of Republican officials around the state to defy Gov. Kathy Hochul’s private-sector mask mandate — and boost the ranks of renegade county governments to nearly two-thirds the total.

“While we will not be actively enforcing the mandate, we will respond to complaints and assist businesses with education and compliance however we can,” Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran told The Post on Friday. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/12/17/all-of-long-island-counties-refuse-gov-hochuls-mask-mandate/