Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces continuous backlash and hypocritical accusations for ordering travelers from certain states to quarantine upon entering New York, after once threatening legal action against a state that attempted to do the same to New Yorkers. .
Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently issued 14-day quarantine orders for travelers from states that have seen recent spikes in coronavirus cases. Individuals who are not quarantined and follow the restrictions will be subject to fines of between $ 2,000 and $ 10,000.
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“It is just common sense,” Cuomo said last Wednesday. “We don’t want to see the infection rate increase here.”
New York State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt called Cuomo’s order “hypocritical” after the governor criticized those who took similar action against New York earlier this year.
“This draconian policy means that anyone traveling for a business conference to a state on their list will be forced into quarantine, and anyone who has already made vacation plans will also be,” said Ortt, according to the Democrat & Chronicle.
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Cuomo threatened to sue after Rhode Island ordered people entering the state from New York to quarantine when the pandemic broke out; Florida also targeted New Yorkers for quarantine. But last week, Cuomo said the current situation is different because he is not pointing to a single state, while Rhode Island was only targeting people from New York.
New York’s current restrictions apply to South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Washington, and Utah.
It’s unclear if others can be added, but California-based attorney Jon Corbett, who maintains properties in Brooklyn, New York, filed a federal lawsuit over the Cuomo order in the Southern District of New York last Thursday, alleging that it was an “illegal restriction”. “of his ability to travel.
Cuomo also threatened legal action when President Trump said he was considering a two-week shutdown for New York and neighboring states in March. Cuomo said at the time that the president’s move would be a “declaration of war” and that he would respond with a lawsuit, although this was based on his argument that the federal government does not have the power to do so.
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At the time, Cuomo said any move to start “plugging” areas of the country would be “totally bizarre, counterproductive, anti-American, anti-social.” A Star-Ledger column pointed to that quote by arguing that Cuomo was right the first time and accused him of proposing what is effectively a “war between the states,” although one that Florida and Texas began with their previous orders against the area of New York .
Cuomo also faced a backlash after requesting an investigation by a local high school student who attended a “drive-in” graduation ceremony after visiting Florida, where there is an increase in coronavirus cases.
“What I think is the height of hypocrisy is the fact that Governor Cuomo demands an investigation into this individual. High school graduation is an important milestone, “Rep. Elise Stefanik, RN.Y. told” Fox & Friends “on Monday.” The reason it is hypocritical is because the governor refuses to be held accountable for the thousands upon thousands of older people who lost their lives due to failed and fatal nursing home policies. “
Fox News’s Brooke Singman and Joshua Nelson contributed to this report.
