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Ex. MET-NYC-046 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

MTA press release, 'MTA Announces Increased Mask Enforcement Throughout the System' (Sept. 22, 2021), describing the $50 mask fine in force since Sept. 14, 2020 and the federal mask requirement

Mask requirement and $50 fine on subways, buses, commuter railroads and paratransit; enforcement stepped up Sept. 23, 2021

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (State public authority; transit agency) · New York City metropolitan area (MTA New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, paratransit) (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New York City metropolitan area (MTA New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, paratransit) · New York City · New York
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
MTA and NYCT Rules of Conduct (21 NYCRR Part 1050) as amended Sept. 2020 to impose a $50 fine (rule text not read); Governor's EO 202.18 (Apr. 17, 2020) mask requirement on public transit; from Feb. 1, 2021 the CDC conveyance mask order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA security directives
Issued
2021-09-22 Sept. 22, 2021
Effective
$50 fine implemented September 14, 2020; heightened enforcement from September 23, 2021 (read as 2020-09-14)
End
Federal transit mask requirement ended Apr. 18, 2022; MTA lifted its mask requirement Sept. 7, 2022 (post-period; not verified here) (read as 2022-04-18)
In force
Sept. 14, 2020 to Apr. 18, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all riders of MTA subways, buses, LIRR, Metro-North and paratransit
  • MTA and NYPD officers (enforcement)
Functions reached
  • WF workforce commuting (every employer whose staff ride transit)
  • TV travel within the region
  • CB customers arriving by transit
Collection
New York City MET-NYC

Operative words

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is advising customers that beginning 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. Mask-wearing is a federal requirement on trains, buses and paratransit vehicles.... This continues an approach established in September 2020, when the MTA implemented a $50 fine to help increase mask compliance... Since the $50 fine was implemented on September 14, 2020, MTA police officers have had over 88,000 positive encounters with customers.

Enforcement

$50 summons issued by MTA Police and NYPD

Notes

Documents that a force-of-law mask requirement governed every transit commute in the region on every day of the third quarter of 2021, with City-level enforcement.

Retrieval note

The authority's own release; the Rules of Conduct amendment was not read.

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