Wear a mask? Even with 20,000 dead, some New Yorkers don't

“Everything is fraught with life and death consequences, and it’s just hard to grapple with that at any one moment,” said Leventhal, the runner. “That’s a long way of saying, I should be wearing one, probably, but it’s difficult when you run, so I don’t.”

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As warmer weather beckons people outside, more chances emerge for confrontations between mask believers and mask doubters.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who says people are fine not wearing a mask if they are out walking alone, but need to put one on if someone approaches, on Tuesday described confronting a maskless man he encountered while walking his dog.

“We were in a little bit of a disagreement and the situation, the conversation got a little tense. So I stopped the conversation,” Cuomo said.

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