{"id":"MET-NYC-046","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York City metropolitan area (MTA New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, paratransit)","state":"NY","metro":"NYC","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (State public authority; transit agency)","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\u0027s 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","instrument":"MTA press release, \u0027MTA Announces Increased Mask Enforcement Throughout the System\u0027 (Sept. 22, 2021), describing the $50 mask fine in force since Sept. 14, 2020 and the federal mask requirement","title":"Mask requirement and $50 fine on subways, buses, commuter railroads and paratransit; enforcement stepped up Sept. 23, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-09-22","effective":"$50 fine implemented September 14, 2020; heightened enforcement from September 23, 2021","end":"Federal transit mask requirement ended Apr. 18, 2022; MTA lifted its mask requirement Sept. 7, 2022 (post-period; not verified here)","startDate":"2020-09-14","endDate":"2022-04-18","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","TRAV"],"addressees":["all riders of MTA subways, buses, LIRR, Metro-North and paratransit","MTA and NYPD officers (enforcement)"],"clause":"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","functions":["WF workforce commuting (every employer whose staff ride transit)","TV travel within the region","CB customers arriving by transit"],"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.","sourceUrl":"https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-increased-mask-enforcement-throughout-system","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/2021/https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-increased-mask-enforcement-throughout-system","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":180810,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-NYC","url":"/library/MET-NYC-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-NYC-046","citation":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (State public authority; transit agency), MTA press release, \u0027MTA Announces Increased Mask Enforcement Throughout the System\u0027 (Sept. 22, 2021), describing the $50 mask fine in force since Sept. 14, 2020 and the federal mask requirement (Ex. MET-NYC-046)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}