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Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-080 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MTA announcement of Sept. 22, 2021: stepped-up mask enforcement throughout the system beginning Sept. 23, 2021; $50 fine for non-compliance in force since Sept. 14, 2020

MTA Announces Increased Mask Enforcement Throughout System (Sept. 22, 2021)

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA Police) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York State public benefit corporation; NYC Transit, LIRR, Metro-North, MTA Bus) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York State public benefit corporation; NYC Transit, LIRR, Metro-North, MTA Bus) · New York
Level
State
Authority
Pub. Auth. Law § 1266(8) (rules and regulations governing conduct and safety of the public on MTA facilities; violations punishable as offenses) and the Governor's executive orders
Issued
2021-09-22 Sept. 22, 2021
Effective
2021-09-23
End
MTA mask rule continued until Sept. 7, 2022 (read as 2022-09-07)
In force
Sept. 23, 2021 to Sept. 7, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all riders of NYC Transit subways and buses, LIRR and Metro-North
Functions reached
  • WF every transit commute in the New York region in Q3 2021 (subway, bus, LIRR, Metro-North)
  • TR
  • CB
Character
context
Collection
Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE

Operative words

"[B]eginning Thursday, September 23, MTA officers will be stepping up mask enforcement throughout the system and those who do not comply with mask requirements will be more likely to face a $50 fine." "[Since] September 14, 2020, MTA police officers have had over 88,000 positive encounters with customers."

Enforcement

$50 civil fine (21 NYCRR § 1050.6 as amended; EO 202.60); ejection from the system

Notes

A Q3 2021 instrument of the State's largest public authority, reciting the $50 mask fine in force since Sept. 14, 2020;

Retrieval note

Cite the MTA's recital.