Lefty loons ridiculous reason not to restore NYs anti-masking law

As Gov.Kathy Hochul pushes to ban nefarious mask-wearing, a band of loony Senate and Assembly Democrats insist on protecting criminals, antisemites and Antifa radicals — in the name of preventing police oppression of blacks.Since the repeal of the state’s longtime mask ban, antisemitic goons have run wild on college campuses, city streets and subways.Hochul’s modest measure has exemptions for health and religious reasons; trick-or-treaters will be fine; it’s those who purposely hide their faces while menacing or threatening violence against an individual or group of people who will risk criminal penalties.The commonsense proposal has the support of the UnmaskHateNY coalition of civil rights groups and faith leaders — including the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and the Urban League — and 75% support among New Yorkers polled.State Attorney General Tish James, who led the drive to nix the state’s longstanding mask ban during the pandemic — is on board in light of the post-Oct.

7 surge in hateful attacks involving masked antisemites. Yet Albany’s pro-crime dolts even remain unmoved by a recent violent caught-on-camera attempt by ski mask-wearing thugs to abduct a Bronx imam outside his mosque. Even now Deputy Majority Leader Sen.Mike Gianaris and other progressives claim to fear that police will use a mask ban to oppress African-Americans.That’s so transparently absurd that you have to suspect they’re really trying to protect the antisemites (who are fellow lefties these days) and the Antifa types who turned so many 2020 protests in the city into riots and looting-fests.Progressives dominate the Legislature thanks to Democrats elected from swing areas like the Hudson Valley, Central New York and Long Island.

Voters there need to keep that in mind come the 2026 elections....