Eric Adams wants businesses to require people to remove their masks when they enter, ostensibly to fight shoplifting. “We are putting out a clear call to all of our shops: Do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask,” Adams said Monday on 1010 Wins. Once people are inside the store, they can put their mask back on, Adams said, “if they so desire to do so.”
The NYPD pushed the same line last week, saying that stores shouldn’t allow people to enter while wearing masks and that taking off masks should be a “condition of entry.” Besides the fact that indoor masking is a useful way to not get sick, the rule seems hard to enforce. Maybe a compromise is in order and people who intend to shoplift can leave their masks on but show some form of ID at the register?
