Hochul and Heastie have talked about a mask ban. Here's how it went.

And This Week in New York History is very "New York" today.

Good afternoon — it’s Monday, and Root Beer Day.

MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2024

TODAY’S CAPCON:

• Will lawmakers support Hochul’s mask ban? What the Assembly speaker said.

• Bonus: redistricting is back.

• New section: Primary Prep will look at some primaries over the next week.

• New section: Where I’ll tell you about bills passed but not yet signed or vetoed.

🥵 Tonight’s Weather: Albany: Mostly clear, around 70. New York City: Mostly clear, low 70s. (National Weather Service)

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Speaker Carl Heastie (Dan Clark/Times Union)

😎 Will Heastie back Hochul’s pitch for a mask ban?

☀️ The Assembly speaker’s summer tour kicked off Monday in the Capital Region, where he also spoke to reporters.

There are two things that could bring the Legislature back to Albany before the start of next year’s legislative session in January: masks and congestion pricing.

• Gov. Kathy HOCHUL said she wants to reinstate New York’s ban on masks from 1845 last week to prevent people from engaging in violent or threatening behavior anonymously.

HOCHUL has started conversations with leaders in the Legislature on the former topic but a solution for the latter isn’t imminent, Assembly Speaker Carl E. HEASTIE said Monday.

• He was in town to kick off his summer tour with Assemblywoman Carrie WOERNER at a day care center in Saratoga.