New York City coun­ty signs first face cov­er­ing ban into law

The first ban on face cov­er­ings in the Unit­ed States was signed into law in New York City on Wednes­day fol­low­ing con­cerns about their use dur­ing protests and crim­i­nal activ­i­ty.
The Nas­sau Coun­ty law, signed by Coun­ty Exec­u­tive Bruce Blake­man, is intend­ed to pre­vent crime and was intro­duced after vio­lent protests unfold­ed at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty ear­li­er this year over the Israel-Hamas war in …