Ferryto ‘no wear’ in B’klyn
No-mask duo booted
A Brooklyn couple was cuffed and hauled off an NYC Ferry boat Saturday night after refusing to wear face masks — as other passengers cheered their arrest, according to cops and video.
The Bay Ridge pair spent 15 minutes on the boat’s top deck arguing with workers over the captain’s order to put on masks while the vessel was docked at Brooklyn Bridge Park at around 8 p.m., according to Gothamist, which posted video of the encounter.
The middle-aged couple — claiming they were being discriminated against because they are white — then went back and forth with two responding NYPD officers for another 45 minutes, while other riders shouted for them to get the boot so the ferry could continue on its way.
There were 90 people aboard the vessel at the time, a source told The Post.
The woman, who was returning home with her husband after a night out in Manhattan, told Gothamist: “I’m just so fed up. This has been going on since March, and my husband is f- -king pissed off.
“Every time I have to commute to Manhattan, it’s a f--king process,” she added. “If we were f--king black, I can guarantee you that guy would never come out and tell us put a mask on.”
Her husband (pictured), who gave only his first name, David, added, “Right, because black lives matter.”
The couple claimed to cops at one point that they both had a medical condition that exempted them from Gov. Cuomo’s coronavirus mandate that people wear masks on public transit. The officers asked to see proof, but the couple refused.
“Take them off the boat! We gotta go!” a male passenger shouted during the confrontation.
The couple was finally handcuffed and escorted off the boat — to cheers and claps.
“Thank you, NYPD!” several people shouted.
A police rep told The Post that the man and woman each received a summons for disorderly conduct.
The woman told Gothamist that she and her husband had already sued the MTA over being forced to wear masks on public buses and were considering suing the ferry service, also.
An NYC Ferry rep told The Post in an e-mail that the company was “continuing to investigate the incident in question.”
“The safety of our riders and crew is our number one priority.”