“New York is 19 million people who start with the premise we can all live together in a very close area, right? And we’re going to respect each other’s space and add, we’re going to respect each other’s air — to respecting each other’s space, right? Look, it’s one thing if you don’t wear a mask and you’re walking down the sidewalk. You don’t wear a mask and you walk into a small retail store, and now you’re exposing people to you without a mask. You know, it’s almost you know, it’s a status symbol almost to not wear a mask.”

Source: New York Times May 28, 2020 22:52 UTC