Governor Cuomo to New Yorkers: All non-essential workers stay home

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“This is the most drastic action we can take,” he said.

Cuomo to New Yorkers: All non-essential workers stay home

The governor issued a mandate this morning that all non-essential workers across New York State are required to stay home

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the state’s workforce to stay home in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Only essential businesses permitted to stay open.

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“We need everyone to be safe, otherwise no one can be safe,” Cuomo said during a Friday morning presser.

“This is the most drastic action we can take,” he said.

The provisions of the mandate will be enforced with civil fines. Cuomo emphasized the importance of the public safety measure to young people who have not been heeding the call to stay home.

The PAUSE order falls short of a shelter in place command, like the one presently being enforced in California at the directive of Governor Newsom – though he is calling it a “safer-at-home” emergency order. On Tuesday, the New York Governor said he does not think a shelter in place order will be effective in his state, despite the desire of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to impose on on the city.

New York State is currently reporting 5,500 confirmed cases of the virus, 3,954 of those in the city of New York, meaning the five boroughs currently carry 70% of the state’s total case numbers.

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Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago

A “non-essential” worker, not so much defined, rather an example given: 85% of the government (municipal, county, state, and federal) employees. That’s about the best example that I can give.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago

SO, MAYOR, WHO ARE THE NON-ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN YOUR EYES?

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  TomSJr

His foes?
Sorry… couldn’ resist.

ed
ed
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

After the Boston Marathon got bombed and the investigation heated up, they shut down the city and said the same….non-essential workers stay home.

I work at a Boston hospital, and while not a doctor or nurse, figured I was still somewhat essential. The mayor shut down public transportation. After a cab was pulled over with a a “suspicious” passenger, taxi/cabs were shut down, and I had no choice but to call out as I could not get in to work.

Things are getting eerily similar nation-wide…….

tedlv
tedlv
4 years ago
Reply to  TomSJr

I was about to ask, who defines “non essential”?

Patriotic American
Patriotic American
4 years ago

So Cuomo has weakened in the face of “Red Bill” itching to pull the trigger. It is clear the Left doesn’t want us to have ANY life, just a mere “existence.”

Historically, they will be setting the stage for major blowback down the road. The wartime restrictions imposed during World War I, followed by the shutting down of life in the wake of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, led directly to the “live it up” excesses of the Roaring Twenties.

BettyO
BettyO
4 years ago

As a non-essential retiree, I would ask Governors Cuomo and Newsome and any others issuing orders for us to stay home: If you decide it’s OK for us to leave our homes, what happens if someone fall sick then?

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