NEW EMERGENCY HEALTH ORDER IN PLACE FOR OUT-OF-STATE TRAVELERS ARRIVING IN NEW YORK
August 17, 2020
On July 13, 2020, the New York Department of Health issued a new emergency health order, available here, requiring all out-of-state travelers arriving in New York from U.S. states designated by Executive Order 205 to fill out a form in an effort to identify those individuals who are subject to the order. Enforcement teams will be stationed at airports throughout the state to ensure that forms have been completed, and travelers who leave the airport without completing the form will be subject to a $2,000 fine and may be brought to a hearing and ordered to complete mandatory quarantine. Forms can be distributed to passengers by airlines before they board planes or after they disembark in New York. This emergency health order also applies to travelers coming to New York by trains and cars and these travelers are expected to out the form online, which is available here.
If you have any questions, please contact Evelyn Sahr (esahr@eckertseamans.com or 202-659-6622); Drew Derco (dderco@eckertseamans.com or 202-659-6665), or Andy Orr (aorr@eckertsemans.com or 202-659-6625).
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