Why A “Shelter-in-Place" Order May Not Be Enforceable In New York City
3 min readMar 19, 2020
The Mayor of New York City, Bill deBlasio, and New York State governor, Andrew Cuomo, are currently squabbling over whether to enact a shelter-in-place order for the City of New York. deBlasio has publicly floated the idea while Cuomo has stated that only the governor has that level of authority.