Cuomo to deploy National Guard troops to N.Y. airports for COVID-19 enforcement
By: Denis Slattery, Michael Gartland, Chris Sommerfeldt (nydailynews. com)
Well, that didn't take long. You'd think Democrats would at least wait until President Joe places his hand on a Bible.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
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National Guard troops will be deployed to New York airports to make sure arriving travelers have proof of recently testing negative for COVID-19, Gov. Cuomo said Friday.
The deployment follows a sweeping new entry test policy announced a week ago after the Empire State abandoned its travel advisory that mandated travelers from coronavirus hotspots quarantine for two weeks.
"I want people to know we're serious," the governor said during a conference call with reporters. "You should not land if you do not have proof of a negative test upon landing,"
Airlines, the NYPD and the Port Authority are assisting with the effort.
Under the current rules, travelers arriving without proof of a negative test won't be stopped from entering the state, but must quarantine for 14 days. Individuals who can prove they tested negative will still have to quarantine for three days upon arrival in New York and then must take a second test. If that's negative, they no longer have to self-isolate.
If a test comes back positive, local health officials will issue isolation orders and initiate contact tracing to identify and quarantine other people exposed to the virus. Anyone caught violating a quarantine order could face a civil penalty of up to $10,000. The testing mandate does not apply to neighboring states.
The governor also announced Friday that COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted in some city "hot spots" while noting that the state's overall positivity rate ticked up to 1.9% as cases continue to skyrocket across the country and Mayor de Blasio warned that New York City is "now really threatened with a second wave" of the pandemic.
The city's daily COVID-19 count climbed by 702 cases Friday, de Blasio said, and the daily infection rate in the five boroughs is now 1.81% with a seven-day average rate of 1.96%.
"Not good," the mayor told WNYC's Brian Lehrer. "That's a problem. That says that we are now really threatened with a second wave in New York City if we don't quickly get a handle on this. And that says that we really need to emphasize the mask-wearing, the social distancing, avoiding gatherings and, sadly, avoiding travel and large family gatherings for the holidays."
De Blasio also said he would resume the city's release of coronavirus data by zip code next week to help parents make a decision on whether they want their kids in remote or blended model learning.
The city opened a two-week window this week for parents of students who are currently enrolled in fully remote learning to opt into the hybrid curriculum.
Despite the infection rate uptick, Cuomo said New York's faring far better than most other states, with some outbreaks subsiding.
The so-called red and yellow zones in southern Brooklyn, where school and business closures were met with fierce opposition last month, are improving to the degree that Cuomo said he's reducing their size by 50%. A zone in Far Rockaway, Queens, is being eliminated entirely, he added.
However, restrictions will be implemented in other parts of the state that are experiencing outbreaks, Cuomo said, including Portchester in Westchester County.
Some areas upstate are also emerging as "micro-clusters" because of increasing levels of positive cases and will soon see restrictions as well.
"Western New York is a problem," the governor said, noting that the state will likely announce new measures Monday, including closing businesses and schools and placing restrictions on gatherings in some areas near Buffalo.
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Fascist? Nazi? No, no, no. It's a Democrat.
Dear leader thanks you for your sacrifice.
I live in WNY and he is doing the right thing!
You mean like the outgoing resident in the white house...he's the biggest dictator wanna be.
Nerm, did you notice the huge spike in COVID cases in 16 states
and that 13 were in states won by Trump, the "Maskless Candidate".
Like the song says
"tomorrow starts the same old thing again."
Yeah, I noticed. Is that the justification for Gov. Cuomo deploying the National Guard to set up checkpoints and demand papers? Seems like Cuomo is using the military to secure New York's borders.
Fascist? Nazi? No, no, no. It's a Democrat.
isn't that prudent?
No proof of negative test, we have a hotel room for you for 14 days
NY was the tip of the ice berg once. Once was enough apparently.
No reason to, that's a fascist move the courts would not allow BCDC.
Keeping the dream alive? LMAO
The EC count just keeps climbing.
The party is over.
Democratically prudent. Irony is alive and well.
Do not worry friend, you will get over it soon enough.
Two months is a decade in Trump time. Orange Man Bad is still President.
True enough,
maybe OMB can learn to do something Presidential for the country's sake in the next 72 days,
not just pardoning and pre-pardoning everyone associated with this Administration.
Or declassifying everything in sight. Or firing everyone deep, deep down in the bureaucracy. Or withdrawing troops from Europe and Korea. Or ordering troops out of Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Or imposing embargoes on imports. Or ramping up deportations. Or deploying the National Guard to stop protests. Or, even, ordering emergency approval and distribution of vaccines.
A lot can happen in 72 days.
Including Mike Pence becoming #46
One of the things I was very proud of "back then" was how #43 opened the WH to the Obama transition team and
Obama and Biden, to deal with the crisis almost on a bipartisan basis to address the economic collapse together.
So far I cannot see that happening this time.
Neither do I. Everyone talks about precedents and rules. When has Trump followed precedents and rules?
Bashing Trump at this point will only achieve a predictable result. Is poking the bear really a good idea? Trump is President for another 72 days and that can be a very long time.
Here in Minnesota, the 2008 Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman stretched out 8 months after the election. And both candidates were responsible for that drawn out result.
If the inevitable recounts flip the results away from Biden and toward Trump, will Biden concede for the good of the country?
The largest swing in recount history was 1,247 in Gore v Bush Florida.
PA is now beyond Trumps grasp.
NC is definitely going to Trump.
AZ, AK & NV are still in question technically, but at this point the reality is that the race is over.
Doesn't matter if it's 273 or 309, it's over except for how much money certain lawyers will rake in.
There's that reliance on precedents again. Don't overlook Wisconsin, too.
What happens if the vote can't be certified due to legal challenges and recounts? That's what happened with the Franken/Coleman impasse in 2008.
Nerm,
We have already lived through the nightmare of COVID and we don't want it back because some other states don't practice good measures. People are allowed in but they have to provide proof they were tested or quarantined. I don't want this disease back here because some other Gov thinks it's no big deal.
It won't happen on a multiple state level. One maybe, and they will be able to shift the EC votes or just take them away without affecting the outcome.
just my opinion
That only means people entering New York must be properly documented. Otherwise they are turned away.
Require proper documentation to enter Arizona and it's Fascism. Require proper documentation to enter New York and it's Democratically prudent.
Don't you see the irony in what is happening?
For once you've said somethingI agree with!
Link?
Let's hope he succeeds!
Previous to this Pandumbic I really didn't know muchabout Cuomo. I had no opinion of him, either negative or positive.
But as time goes on, I have begun to learn more about him and have a lot of respect for him.
Apparently your knowledge of political systems is...not exactly...100% accurate. (Don't feel bad, you're not alone. Political Education in many of America's schools is woefully inadequate).
But don't feel bad. Rememberone of the the favourite memes of many of those irascible Millennials:
Google is your Friend!
Meh.