{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (MTA, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak, SEPTA)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Chairman Patrick J. Foye, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA","authority":"EO 202.18 (recited) and the MTA\u0027s $50 fine rule of Sept. 14, 2020; Port Authority facility rules requiring face coverings at airports, PATH, AirTrain, bus terminals and the Oculus (recited)","instrument":"MTA press release, Nov. 17, 2020: regional \u0027Mask Force\u0027 with PANYNJ, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA; masks required by law on New York public transportation under EO 202.18 effective Apr. 17, 2020; $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020; masks required at all Port Authority facilities; NJ TRANSIT face-covering requirement on vehicles, stations and platforms; SEPTA mask requirement (over 90 percent compliance); MTA voluntary employee screening program","title":"MTA Brings Port Authority, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA on Board with Regional Mask Force","dateIssued":"2020-11-17","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($50 fine); Mask Force from July 2020 and regionally from Nov. 17, 2020","end":"EO 202.18\u0027s transit directive rescinded June 25, 2021; federal conveyance and hub mask order from Feb. 1, 2021 through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond","startDate":"2020-04-17","endDate":"2021-06-25","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","TRAV"],"addressees":["riders of the MTA, PATH, AirTrain, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA","users of Port Authority airports, bus terminals and the Oculus"],"clause":"\u0027Wearing a mask is the single most important thing all our customers and employees can do to combat the spread of COVID-19 -- and it\u0027s the law here in New York,\u0027 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 \u0027SAFE NJ\u0027 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)","functions":["WF commuting workforce (the tri-State region\u0027s entire transit workforce commute under mask-by-law rules with fines)","TV travel (airports, PATH, Amtrak Northeast Corridor)","CB customer access"],"notes":"The MTA\u0027s 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\u0027s facility-wide mask rule. Service announcement graded context with force-of-law recitals.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":154368,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091","citation":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Chairman Patrick J. Foye, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA, MTA press release, Nov. 17, 2020: regional \u0027Mask Force\u0027 with PANYNJ, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA; masks required by law on New York public transportation under EO 202.18 effective Apr. 17, 2020; $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020; masks required at all Port Authority facilities; NJ TRANSIT face-covering requirement on vehicles, stations and platforms; SEPTA mask requirement (over 90 percent compliance); MTA voluntary employee screening program (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":[]}