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The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (MTA, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak, SEPTA) · Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- EO 202.18 (recited) and the MTA's $50 fine rule of Sept. 14, 2020; Port Authority facility rules requiring face coverings at airports, PATH, AirTrain, bus terminals and the Oculus (recited)
- Issued
- 2020-11-17 Nov. 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-17 8:00 p.m. (EO 202.18); 2020-09-14 ($50 fine); Mask Force from July 2020 and regionally from Nov. 17, 2020 (read as 2020-04-17)
- End
- EO 202.18's transit directive rescinded June 25, 2021; federal conveyance and hub mask order from Feb. 1, 2021 through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond (read as 2021-06-25)
- In force
- Apr. 17, 2020 to June 25, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- riders of the MTA, PATH, AirTrain, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA
- users of Port Authority airports, bus terminals and the Oculus
- Functions reached
- WF commuting workforce (the tri-State region's entire transit workforce commute under mask-by-law rules with fines)
- TV travel (airports, PATH, Amtrak Northeast Corridor)
- CB customer access
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT
Operative words
'Wearing a mask is the single most important thing all our customers and employees can do to combat the spread of COVID-19 -- and it's the law here in New York,' said MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye.... Wearing a face covering on public transportation in New York was required by law under Executive Order 202.18 issued by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo effective April 17. A $50 fine was implemented on Sept. 14 for customers who refuse to wear a mask on public transportation.... Anyone using Port Authority facilities - including airport terminals, PATH stations and trains, AirTrain stations and trains, bus terminals and the Oculus Transportation Hub - must wear face coverings... A primary focus of the 'SAFE NJ' campaign reinforces the requirement to wear face coverings
Enforcement
$50 fine (21 NYCRR 1050.7(j), effective Sept. 14, 2020); EO 202.18 (Executive Law § 29-a; Public Health Law § 12 civil penalties); Port Authority facility rules; New Jersey EO penalties (N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50)
Notes
The MTA's own recital of the force-of-law basis (EO 202.18, effective Apr. 17, 2020, matching the New York State file) and the $50 fine of Sept. 14, 2020, and of the Port Authority's facility-wide mask rule. Service announcement graded context with force-of-law recitals.
Retrieval noteRendered Wayback capture (Oct. 13, 2021) of new.mta.info/press-release/mta-brings-port-authority-nj-transit-amtrak-and-s... (banner URL truncated); release 'Updated November 17, 2020 3:56 p.m.'. The filename date (Aug. 1, 2021) is wrong; date_issued is Nov. 17, 2020. brief sec. E wants the instrument's issue date); the slug date (2021-08-01) matches neither the release date (Nov. 17, 2020) nor the Wayback capture (Oct. 13, 2021); the file was not renamed. Apr. 17, 2020 is the effective date of EO 202.18 (a State instrument in the NY file) that the release recites, not the release's date; not changed.