'No mask, no service' rule is OK for businesses, Cuomo says

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Karen Matthews and Michael Hill, Associated Press
Updated 2:19 pm CDT, Thursday, May 28, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Store owners with no-mask-no-service policies got a boost from the governor. New York City business owners planning to reopen before coronavirus restrictions are lifted got a warning from the mayor. Actors Rosie Perez and Chris Rock are promoting face coverings and virus testing.

Coronavirus-related developments in New York:

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NO MASK, NO SERVICE

Store owners who require customers to wear face coverings will now be backed up by an executive order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The promised executive order authorizing businesses to deny entry to people without face covering comes as outbreak-related restrictions on shops are beginning to loosen, though not yet in New York City.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Mayor-says-NYC-businesses-can-t-jump-the-gun-on-15300547.php

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Stores can exclude people without shirts or shoes. Why do they even need

an executive order allowing them to exclude people without masks?

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. That's nice, but it should be the law.

It's just allowing them to do what they already can do if they want. It needs to be a law, and enforced on every indoor space.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. And it should be law nationwide. No area of the country is completely safe.

It wouldn't make the virus go away, but it would certainly save lives.

[Budi]

3. I stopped at Lens Crrafters yesterday to fix my glasses..

No One allowed in without a mask.
Only 3 or 4 customers in the store at a time

Mgr said she has the right to refuse service.
I appreciated her decision.

[GulfCoast66]

5. This does not require any government approval.

Unless discriminating against a protected class, business can set their own policies. Masks are not included in the protected class laws.

Here in Central Florida Disney, Universal and Sea World have all announced dates an policies of reopening. All will require masks on all guests. At all times.

Trump and his minions can pound sand if they don’t like it.

I’ve read all kinds of post about how horrible it will be in Florida with a mask on in Summer. Guess what? It’s hotter in Shanghai and they all wear masks. Even the kids. I guess the Chinese people are cut from tougher cloth than trump followers.

On edit. I’ve read the on Disney sites. Not DU. We support mask as taking care of our fellow humans.

[whistler162]

6. What it does give is stores

something to point at and hopefully stop arguments.

[durablend]

7. Rules need teeth and not be wishy-washy

Like here in PA, stores have a "no mask-no entry" policy, *but* if you have some medical condition that precludes you from wearing it, "that's just fine and we won't ask for proof." Um, NO. If you're that compromised you shouldn't be out to begin with.

[HockeyMom]

8. Our previously PA Phase Yellow Counties are going to Phase Green

which means bars, restaurants, and salons can open (masks and social distancing?). While bars and restaurants can maintain social distancing, how do you propose to drink a beer or eat a cheeseburger while wearing a mask, outdoors or indoors? Simply not possible.

I live in Monroe County which just went to Phase Yellow today. While masks would work in supermarkets and retail, it won't in bars and restaurants.