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NYC ACTION: Contact your NYC Council Member & urge them to co-sponsor Int 0332-2024!

This important bill would provide access to free masks, other PPE, & rapid tests through the mail to New Yorkers.

Email them: actionnetwork.org/letters/free...

Call them: council.nyc.gov/districts
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The executive order & legislative solutions will ensure permanent & continuing access to vaccines, including administration of vaccines by health care professionals & insurance coverage. governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-executive-order-expanding-access-vaccines-amid-uncertainty-washington
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New Yorkers: Public health actvists & others in NY: pls read this short convo! It appears Costco is refusing to follow Gov. Hochul's PH order regarding covid vax access. If so, I expect many New Yorkers would like to know this, so they can modify their shopping accordingly. Please tag NY covid grps!
I was just told by Costco that they are still requiring a prescription, no matter the age!
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BREAKING: New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid-19 vaccines to anyone who requests them, regardless of age or underlying conditions.
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Gov Hochul "is set to sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe & administer Covid-19 vaccines to [NYers] who request them.. executive order will mirror actions taken by other blue state governors this week to protect access to..latest Covid vaccine" www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Who is Micah Lasher, Nadler’s heir apparent?
www.politico.com
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PSA: There’s a difference between wearing a mask or respirator & wearing a gaiter or face covering to disguise identity. It’s important to discern & communicate this nuance because if you don’t, you might encourage elected officials to ban masks for everyone, which would be a public health disaster.
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Masks are an essential public health tool to help protect against COVID-19 and more. #NoNYMaskBan
NYC ACTION: Contact your NYC Council Member & urge them to co-sponsor Int 0332-2024!

This important bill would provide access to free masks, other PPE, & rapid tests through the mail to New Yorkers.

Email them: actionnetwork.org/letters/free...

Call them: council.nyc.gov/districts
We agree! At @covidadvocacyny.bsky.social we have been pushing for a free N95 mask program in NYC over past few years, including advocating for NYC Council bill Int 0332-2024 that would set up a free mask program.

New Yorkers, please send an email to City Council actionnetwork.org/letters/free...
actionnetwork.org
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National COVID-19 metrics continue to report declines, as the US remains in a moderate lull between winter & summer surges. There are signs of increased disease spread on the West Coast, indicating this region may experience the start of a summer wave before others.

COVID-19 trends: bit.ly/3FgFMQ6
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"Still masking?" Here's why one health professor hasn't stopped.

Sean Mullen, PhD, used to take risks. He trained in martial arts, traveled frequently, and lived a high-intensity lifestyle. But as research on the long-term effects of COVID-19 emerged, his priorities shifted.
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Led by Weill Cornell, a stem cell study that looked at infected mini organs (made of pancreatic cells, blood vessel cells & immune cells) reveals how COVID can trigger an immune response that harms the pancreas & trigger Type 1 Diabetes or worsen existing conditions.  bit.ly/Cornell_C19P...
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COVID-19 is not over.

Everyone has a right to wear a mask.

NY should encourage masking and provide free N95 masks to everyone who needs them.

NY should NOT pass anti-mask policies in the state budget!

#NoNYMaskBan
While COVID-19 is at more moderate levels now, experts anticipate a surge this summer, followed by likely many more surges as people continue to abandon collective health measures.

This week's COVID-19 trends report: bit.ly/3SaA991
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New Yorkers, have you called yet? It is outrageous Democrats are working to add a sentencing enhancement for wearing a medical mask while New Yorkers continue to die from COVID-19, be hospitalized, & go on to get #LongCOVID! This whole thing is outrageous and against public health. #NoNYMaskBan
New Yorkers, keep calling! Tell your electeds not to include any anti-mask legislation in the state budget! Masks should not be criminalized. #NoNYMaskBan
New Yorkers, keep calling! #NoNYMaskBan

Find your NYS Senator: www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...

Find your NYS Assemblymember: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585

Governor Hochul: 518-474-8390
New Yorkers, keep calling! Tell your electeds not to include any anti-mask legislation in the state budget! Masks should not be criminalized. #NoNYMaskBan
New Yorkers, keep calling! #NoNYMaskBan

Find your NYS Senator: www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...

Find your NYS Assemblymember: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585

Governor Hochul: 518-474-8390
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New Yorkers, keep calling your NY State Senator and Assemblymember and urge them to speak out against any anti-mask legislation in the state budget!

#NoNYMaskBan
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New Yorkers are still being hospitalized with COVID & still dying from COVID.

People are still getting #LongCOVID.

Masks also help protect against other contagious diseases, wildfire smoke, pollution, allergens, & other health concerns

NY Budget should not include anti-mask policy #NoNYMaskBan
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Anti-mask crackdowns will harm vulnerable New Yorkers. Call your state senator ASAP. Tell them to speak up in conference and firmly oppose any budget legislation that penalizes masking.

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⚠️ URGENT ACTION 4/29:
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
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Both Trump and @governor.ny.gov are pushing anti-mask policies. Far-right media is celebrating Hochul’s plan because it will increase punishments for “obstructing traffic.” How can Democrats expect voters to trust them to oppose Trump when they’re signing on to his playbook?
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New York Doctors Coalition, New York State Academy of Family Physicians, New York State American Academy of Pediatrics, & over 300 physicians & other healthcare & public health workers voiced their opposition to NY's proposed mask bans earlier this year. #NoNYMaskBan
www.nydocs.org/our-work/no-...
New York Doctors - No Mask Ban
March 26th, 2025 The Honorable Kathy Hochul Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Mayor Eric Adams City Hall New York, NY 10007 Assemblywoman Amy Paulin Legislative...
www.nydocs.org
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New Yorkers, have you left a voicemail yet for your NY State Senator, Assemblymember, Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader, and Assembly Speaker tonight urging them NOT to support any anti-mask policies in the state budget?

Leave them a voicemail and then call again tomorrow!

#NoNYMaskBan
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New Yorkers, keep calling your NY State Senator and Assemblymember! They're trying to wear us down, but we've already gotten them to shift their mask ban policy. Our pushback is working! Keep going!

#NoNYMaskBan