A cyclist wearing a ski mask rode up to an 80-year-old man in New York City on Sept. 17 and killed him with a point-blank gunshot to the head in front of his wife.

Key Background. The Philadelphia bill—which awaits the approval of Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney—bans the use of ski masks, also called balaclavas, on public transportation, in schools, daycares ...

City council voted today and the bill to ban ski masks in public spaces passed 13-2, according to Phillips, and Mayor Kenney will sign into law early next week. People who wear ski masks in parks ...

Philadelphia City Council’s ski mask ban is just the next in a series of tough-on-crime policies that disproportionately affect Black and brown youth.