PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said the decision to scrap the mask mandate after just a few days was influenced in part by SEPTA’s announcement on Monday that masks would no longer be required on public transit. SEPTA lifted its mandate shortly after a federal judge in Florida struck down the CDC’s rule requiring masks on most forms of transit. Kenney said his administration “didn’t expect SEPTA to do what they did” and said the authority “didn’t really converse with us.” SEPTA officials said earlier this week that they were in touch with members of the administration prior to ma…
