Testimony on Nassau County’s Mask Ban 

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) submitted the following testimony in opposition to Nassau County’s proposed “Mask Transparency Act.” The NYCLU strongly opposes this mask ban because it fails to adequately protect health and safety, will inevitably discriminate against people with disabilities and those they associate with, contains insufficient exceptions that will not be able to be faithfully applied, opens the floodgates to disproportionate enforcement, penalizes individuals for what they are wearing rather than unlawful conduct, and fails to protect the right to anonymous political protest and shield individuals from doxxing. Further, the manner by which this legislation has made its way through the Legislature has lacked transparency and undermined the ability of residents to engage in the democratic process.