{"id":32057,"date":"2010-07-31T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T15:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/varsity.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=15"},"modified":"2010-07-31T15:38:54","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T15:38:54","slug":"anti-mask-new-york-penal-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2010\/07\/31\/anti-mask-new-york-penal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Mask: New York Penal Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In researching and planning RLSH activities I have found information on New York State&#8217;s law on wearing masks in public. To the best of my understanding this should neither prevent a single nor a pair of individuals from wearing masks in public. This law would provide grounds for authorities to charge a group of three or more masked individuals.<br \/>\nAnti-Mask: New York Penal Law \u00a7 240.35(4)<br \/>\nSUMMARY<br \/>\nNew York\u2019s anti-mask law criminalizes the wearing of masks or disguises by three or more persons in a public place unless done in connection with a \u201cmasquerade party or like entertainment,\u201d after obtaining a permit to wear masks from the police or other appropriate authorities. The courts have defined \u201clike entertainment\u201d as \u201csocial gatherings, dances, and performances that involve masks or costumes,\u201d Under the current law, wearing a bandana tied around one\u2019s face falls within the scope of the mask prohibition.<br \/>\nRead the full law or download the PFD file at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlgnyc.org\/pdf\/MaskMemo.pdf\">http:\/\/www.nlgnyc.org\/pdf\/MaskMemo.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In researching and planning RLSH activities I have found information on New York State&#8217;s law on wearing masks in public. To the best of my understanding this should neither prevent a single nor a pair of individuals from wearing masks in public. This law would provide grounds for authorities to charge a group of three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,28],"tags":[246,414,1484,1615,1840,1841,1847,2795],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}