NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday that he has ordered the sheriff’s office to set-up military-style checkpoints to interrogate motorist.
He said during the press conference:
"Starting today, we're going to do something new in New York City.We will have checkpoints at key entry points to the city. Travelers coming in from those states will be given information about the quarantine. They will be reminded it is required, not optional. They will be reminded that failure to quarantine is a violation of state law, and it comes with serious penalties. ... Fines can be as high as $10,000."
The New York Daily News reports:
The city sheriff said most of the traffic stops would be done on a randomized basis, perhaps stopping one in every six or eight cars. He said the stops would not target out of state drivers because the law also applies to New Yorkers who travel to one of the states on the list.
He also suggested that no more than 20 officers might be enforcing the checkpoints citywide at any given time, a total that would likely make them less visible and widespread than the mayor implied.
De Blasio stressed that travelers' civil liberties would be respected and the main purpose of the checkpoints would be to enforce and give information about the quarantine requirements, along with assistance to those who need it.
As Fox's Tucker Carlson points out:
“they've decided to treat taxpayers of New York like refugees in a war zone with checkpoints...
the people who make the worst decisions (Gov Cuomo & de Blasio)... never face consequences for those decisions. Only you do, so shut up and show us your papers, peasant."