https://nypost.com/2021/11/07/eric-adams-wants-to-end-school-mask-mandates/
Mayor-elect Eric Adams took to the airwaves Sunday and declared he wants to nix mask mandates in the classroom and called himself "conservative" on public safety.
Adams fears masks are stopping students from making friends and said he wants to end the school mask mandate when he takes office come Jan. 1.
"Part of the socialization of a child is that smile."
As recently as Thursday city officials could not say what it would take to lift the mask requirement in public schools, even as kids aged 5 and up can now get the COVID-19 vaccine.
"I am conservative on public safety when you see 13-year-old children in our schools stabbed in libraries and a woman was shot while walking down the block with a baby in a carriage," Adams told NPR's Weekend Edition.
"When I use the term 'conservative', I have zero tolerance for abusive and criminal and violent behavior.
Mayor-elect Eric Adams took to the airwaves Sunday and declared he wants to nix mask mandates in the classroom and called himself "conservative" on public safety.
Adams fears masks are stopping students from making friends and said he wants to end the school mask mandate when he takes office come Jan. 1.
"Part of the socialization of a child is that smile."
As recently as Thursday city officials could not say what it would take to lift the mask requirement in public schools, even as kids aged 5 and up can now get the COVID-19 vaccine.
"I am conservative on public safety when you see 13-year-old children in our schools stabbed in libraries and a woman was shot while walking down the block with a baby in a carriage," Adams told NPR's Weekend Edition.
"When I use the term 'conservative', I have zero tolerance for abusive and criminal and violent behavior.
