Coronavirus in NY: Fines may come for social distancing violators, de Blasio says

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Coronavirus in NY: Fines may come for social distancing violators, de Blasio says

By Julia Marsh, New York Post, March 27, 2020 |

Mayor Bill de Blasio warned New Yorkers may soon face fines for violating social distancing rules meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

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“The goal right now is to try to get people to understand how serious this is and show them consistent enforcement,” Hizzoner told WNYC Friday, which would put new teeth in health official guidance that people remain six feet apart in public to contain the disease.

“The next step would be to up the ante and bring penalties into play if we have to do that and that may be days away if we don’t see people handle it better,” the mayor said.

Few details, like the size of the fine, were immediately available.

Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan applauded the warning.

“Nobody wants it to come to this, but people still aren’t taking this thing seriously,” Brannan told The Post.

“Folks were asked two weeks to self-regulate, and our parks, playgrounds, and sidewalks are still too crowded. This would certainly be a drastic measure, but if people aren’t being smart about this, drastic measures will be necessary,” Brannan said.

Some New Yorkers have flouted the rules by continuing to crowd city parks, basketball courts, groceries and other spots.

“Everyone’s got to intensify their efforts to keep that distance,” de Blasio said, adding that most people are practicing social distancing.

“The norm is people taking this very seriously,” he said.
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De Blasio doesn’t want to close parks or bar exercise.

“I don’t think it’s realistic to say to 8.6 million people, ‘You can’t get any exercise for two months,’ we got to think about people’s health overall,” he said, referencing an earlier prediction that the city would be on lockdown through May.

The mayor will make a decision on whether to close playgrounds by Saturday night.

Finally, de Blasio addressed criticism that a pilot plan to close city streets to traffic so pedestrians can have more space to roam was too limited. The initial plan includes just four short corridors in four of the five boroughs.

“If it works well, we can keep adding to it, but what we’d hate to see is we think we’re solving a problem and we create a brand new problem of a place for people to hang out,” de Blasio said.

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stephen5970
stephen5970
4 years ago

It must be fun being driven around in a limousine, taking a helicopter to and from the office, never being around real live constituents, getting in front of a microphone with a dozen people crowded behind you… oh wait, aren’t they within six feet of you and anyone to their right or left? Jail time for such a repeat offender!

Patriotic American
Patriotic American
4 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

It is obvious that he means to destroy everybody’s way of life, as well as their freedoms. He doesn’t want ANYBODY to have ANY life. Caged like animals, if May comes and he says these will remain in place to November (as I fear he will), I am hoping more and more people WILL NOT STAND for any further destruction of our economy and our freedoms and our way of life. His ilk are clearly of the “ends justify the means” mentality.

What next after dismantling basketball hoops in playgrounds? Razing them all to the ground and encasing them inside wooden “Post No Bills” walls like so many soon-to-be construction sites? Why not tear down the new Yankee Stadium as well as CitiField while he’s at it? Or other places where huge crowds could gather? This, I’m afraid, will be his next step. He wants EVERYBODY to be reduced to a life of total misery, hopelessness, emptiness, despair and nothingness, with NO humanity or dignity whatsoever, ending up with the conclusion that life is not worth living anymore.

Jennette Miller
Jennette Miller
4 years ago

should have been in walmart today, all kinds of people I had to dodge and run from. well walk away from.

Roma Mikhasev
Roma Mikhasev
4 years ago

Everything is right.

Leonard Payne
Leonard Payne
4 years ago

This is the beginning of Martial Law

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago

When is the US going to retaliate against the ChiComs who released the CCP Virus on us and the West? That Is the first question I want to ask President Trump. My second question is when are we going to arrest and prosecute those who have both profited from this disaster and participated in and orchestrated panic designed to damage our economy and the lives of all Americans?

Mathew M
Mathew M
4 years ago

This can be easily defined as another Blunder of this ignorant Democrat Da stupid DE BLASIO He was to busy beating on this chest like little man and as he is.

Tearlag
Tearlag
4 years ago
Reply to  Mathew M

And De Commio’s whims…er…I mean edicts change from day to day, so who knows what’s next. Maybe he’ll have the 19 yr old P/T armed soldiers A/K/A State Natl Guard to enforce his new “off the streets” laws by harassing all and sundry. That should go over well.

Mathew M
Mathew M
4 years ago

This can be easily defined as another Blunder of this ignorant Democrat Da stupid DE BLASIO He was to busy beating on this chest like little man and as he is.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
4 years ago

I thought Dinkins was the worst mayor, but communist de Blasioshit is almost as bad William Poole, aka butcher.

Bikinis not Burkas
Bikinis not Burkas
4 years ago

In NSW Australia the Police are handing out $1000.00 tickets for not social distancing and $5000.00 for non-essential store openings.

Nobody is complaining except the recipients of the fines who refuse to obey the law and stop the spread!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-29/woman-arrested-after-failing-to-stop-at-sa-border-checkpoint/12100554

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