By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -An appeals court judge on Tuesday granted a stay in an appeal over mask mandates in New York, keeping the rule in effect during the legal process, New York Attorney General Letitia James said. A day earlier, a judge had struck down the state’s mask mandate, one week before it was due to expire. The state attorney general had filed a motion to stay the ruling in an attempt to put it on hold while the state filed a formal appeal. Justice Robert Miller of the state appeals court temporarily blocked the lower-court ruling, siding with the state. Disagreements and court…