New York Times: What Young New Yorkers Think About the End of the School Mask Mandate. “New York City officials this week eliminated the mask mandate for public school students that had been in place since fall 2020, an aggressive step toward normalcy two years after the coronavirus began battering the city. Some expressed joy at the chance to remove their masks, but not all the students and parents interviewed this week were comfortable with the change. Here’s what some students and parents had to say.”