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New York City’s New Quarantine Travel Rules Begin, New Jersey Adds States To Advisory List

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the Tri-State Area. New Jersey has added new states to its quarantine list and New York set up checkpoints Wednesday, the first day of new travel rules, CBS2’s Jessica Layton reported. Members of the New York City Sheriff’s Office said they will be stopping vehicles periodically at the tunnels. Drivers can expect questions about where they are coming from, if they’ve traveled in the last 14 days, and if they have any symptoms of COVID-19. MORE : CBS2 Has What You Need To Know About New Coronavirus Quarantine Rules In New York State Though Layton didn’t see any cars stopped on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office put out a courtesy notice for what it calls it a quarantine checkpoint — an extra layer to randomly screen. COURTESY NOTICE CHECKPOINT/VEHICLE STOP CORRIDOR: Deputy Sheriffs will conduct Quarantine Checkpoints / Vehicle Stops in vicinity of Lincoln and Holland Tunnels on NYC side today. pic.twitter.com/XG7s8CLIqb — NYC SHERIFF (@NYCSHERIFF) November 4, 2020 The department also wants to know if the driver has completed any necessary travel forms that might apply to them if they’re coming from a state on the travel advisory list. MORE : Cornavirus Travel Advisory Quarantine List “In theory, it’s a good idea,” one driver said. “It’s crowded in New York, so it’s like, if people are coming from out-of-state, I think to control COVID.” “There’s gonna be people that don’t like it, for sure,” another driver said. “I mean, people wanna go into the city and they don’t like to be asked questions ever.” CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Tri-State Coronavirus Travel Advisory Quarantine List Resources, Hotlines, Unemployment & Covering Bills Remote Learning Tools For Parents Teaching At Home CBS2’s Dr. Max Answers Your Health Questions What To Do If Someone Isn’t Social Distancing Or Wearing A Mask? Expert: Parents Be Mindful Of Children’s Stress After Months Of Isolation Chopper 2 Over Empty NYC Streets, Landmarks Complete Coronavirus Coverage Currently, travelers coming in from states with a high infection rate can get out of the mandatory 14-day quarantine by testing negative for the virus 72 hours before arriving in the city, quarantining for just three days then taking another COVID test on the fourth day and testing negative. Connecticut and New Jersey are still exempt. But New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday did warn about the spike in cases. The state added nearly 2,500 new infections to its tally, the highest daily count since May 6. “We’re not out of the woods on COVID, folks. Another bad day of numbers. This is going in the wrong direction,” Murphy said. And with that, New Jersey added two states to its travel advisory Wednesday, Washington and Oregon. That means there are 43 hot spots, a new high. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says compared to the surge in the rest of the country, the state is doing well keeping COVID numbers down. More From CBS New York Coronavirus Impact: NYC Businesses Near Subways, In Grand Central Terminal Struggling To Get By MTA Worker Says He’s Facing 30-Day Suspension For Exposing Safety Issues On Trains Study: 1.7 Million New Yorkers Have Been Infected With COVID-19 You can get the latest news, sports and weather on our brand new CBS New York app. Download here .

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November 5, 2020 0 comment

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De Blasio Administration Drops Thousands Of Pages Of Previously Secret Emails

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – After fighting for years to prevent the release of his private email exchanges with political consultants, Mayor Bill de Blasio has relented. A court recently ordered the emails to be released , and his administration complied Thursday, dropping thousands of pages of emails. On a sunny August day in 2015, the New York Mets beat the Boston Red Sox, like a dagger to the heart of die-hard Sox fan de Blasio. He was sitting in the cheap seats in an elaborately orchestrated plan to make him appear authentic and relatable, CBS2’s Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported. The meticulous plan was revealed for the very first time in a jealously guarded cache of emails after a court ruled the mayor could not prevent the public release of communications with political consultants and advisers. In an August 27 email, de Blasio said, “Chirlane, Chiara will go to the Mets/Red Sox game Friday night – in very cheap seats… I will go the Sat game with queens bp (Borough President) Melinda Katz. I will go to the Sunday game with Queens councilmembers.” Outside consultant Jonathan Rosen, of BerlinRosen, sometimes referred to as “Jro” in the emails, weighed in on August 28 with a political “tweak.” “Can we also frame this as how BdB (Bill de Blasio) does his politics. Some pols do dinners and drinks… but he’s working the Queens delegation and the BP over Mets games. It’s work – him doing politics well,” he wrote. There was a February 1, 2014 exchange about whether his wife Chirlane should give a speech in the middle of an impending snowstorm, when the administration was “telling everyone… to stay off the roads.” As Kramer reported, there were also many, many attempts to control the media — even her. On June 3, 2015, the mayor told his media team, “We should try something different with Marcia, because whatever we’re doing isn’t working.” After then-press secretary Karen Hinton and Kramer had a confrontation about transparency , there was a lengthy email exchange about what to do if she followed the mayor to Puerto Rico the next day to demand answers, which she did. “Given that Marcia is like to be in PR, I think he should avoid confrontation with her,” Hinton advised, adding in a later exchange the goal was to “tamp down on any ‘mayor isn’t transparent’ criticism.” The emails also showed the mayor waffled over whether to comfort the FDNY or hit the gym after a fire lieutenant was shot during a crazed gunman’s standoff with the NYPD, Kramer reported. The mayor went to the gym, then got to the lieutenant’s bedside six hours after he was shot. More emails are expected to be released.

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