NYC to uphold school mask requirement despite new CDC guidance

All New York City grade schoolers must continue to wear masks in the classroom, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday — despite the CDC’s latest guidance that vaccinated students and teachers can go mask-free.

“For now we’re sticking with the idea that wearing the masks is a smart thing to do in schools,” de Blasio said during his morning press briefing. “We’ll keep assessing as we go along, but for now it still makes sense.” “We’ve been constantly working with the CDC but we also in this case have been very careful given everything the city’s been through,” the mayor added.