Some travelers visiting New York City are now legally required to sign a quarantine form to gain access to their hotel rooms – and those who do not comply may apply for hospitalization.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed an executive order requiring all hotels and short-term rental facilities with travelers from restricted states to complete quarantine forms – complete with contact information – before gaining access to rooms.
“In addition to civil fines and fines, you may be subject to civil commitment until you comply with these important provisions of the law,” Sheriff Joseph Fucito, New York, told the news conference, adding that his office worked with the Department of Health and Human Services. Mental Hygiene to Enforce The Last Order of De Blasio.
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“If you have a choice in travel, do not go where the problem is,” Blasio said. “For your own safety, for the safety of your family, for all the safety of New Yorkers, because if you go there, there’s a chance you’ll bring that disease back.”
Beginning Wednesday, new highway checkpoints will be set up at major entry points in New York City. Those who travel to hot spots states and do not quarantine for 14 days upon their return commit a Class B crime and may be fined $ 10,000. In addition, the new executive order also makes it a crime not to complete the quarantine form.
Alaska and Delaware were added to the trip list for the tri-state area compiled Tuesday by Gov. New York, Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont. No states were removed. Currently, 33 states, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are considered COVID-19 hot spots.
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States are added if they have a high infection rate of 10 infections per 100,000 inhabitants on a seven-day rolling average than 10 percent of the total population of the state infected on a seven-day rolling average.
The only states not on the list on Tuesday were Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia. , Ohio, Michigan and New York.
Meanwhile, the Blasio administration has been working to relocate the city’s homeless population to posh hotels to free up space in shelters and ensure adequate social distance since the start of the pandemic.
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Roughly 20 percent of New York City hotels are now used as homeless shelters, and residents in higher neighborhoods of Manhattan such as the Upper West Side are worried about increased crime as hundreds of newly relocated homeless men renovate pedestrians, urinate and taken out on the street and using drugs in the open.
The Blasio also promoted “Get Tested Tuesday” and urged New Yorkers to view some 200 free COVID-19 test sites set up in the five boroughs.
Fox News’ Hollie McKay has contributed to this report.
