NYS joins hands with company, designers to release fashion masks in campaign against COVID-19

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The New York State government is partnering with The RealReal, an online and brick-and-mortar marketplace, and dozens of New York fashion designers to launch "Mask Up," a campaign to benefit COVID-19 relief efforts and remind the public of the need to wear masks, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday in Albany.

"Mask Up" campaign will raise funds for communities impacted by COVID-19 by donating mask profits to three charities working in New York and across the country to help people in need -- Feeding America, Nurse Heroes and the New York COVID Relief Fund, said a press release from the state government.