COVID-19: Travelers From 10 More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, Bringing Total To 31 COVID-19: Travelers From 10 More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, Bringing Total To 31
Covid-19: Travelers From 10 More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, Bringing Total To 31 Travelers from 10 more states with high positive testing rates for COVID-19 have now been added to the joint quarantine order for out-of-state travelers to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Virginia and Washington were added to the list on Tuesday, July 21, bringing the total number of states to 31. Minnesota came off the list. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent…
COVID-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from four more states with high positive testing rates for COVID-19 have now been added to the joint quarantine order for out-of-state travelers to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The newly-added states as of Tuesday, July 14 are Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin, bringing the total number of states on the list to 22. Delaware, which had been added to the list a week ago along with Kansas and Oklahoma, has now been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven…
New York Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule' New York Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule'
New York Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule' New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the state is one of 21 to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration new measure that restricts access to abortion and other reproductive health services. A coalition of 21 State AttorneysGeneral announced that they will be challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s new “gag rule” which alters the Title X family planning program. According to James, the rule relates to funding for Title X, the only federal grant program that funds family planning programs to help patients access contraception, ca…
NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration
NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration New York has joined 15 other states in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s so-called “contrived” declaration of a National Emergency at the southern border. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced this week that she has filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court challenging the president’s declaration of a national emergency and his attempt to divert funding appropriated by Congress for other purposes.  In the complaint, which was filed by Attorneys General from 15 other states, they allege that “the Trump Administration’s emergency declaration and diversion of funds i…
Smoke From California Wildfires Visible In New York, New Jersey Smoke From California Wildfires Visible In New York, New Jersey
Smoke From California Wildfires Visible In New York, New Jersey Your eyes weren't deceiving you if you thought things looked hazier this week in the New York City area. Smoke from California's deadly wildfires drifted east Monday and was visible in parts of New York and New Jersey, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map. Meteorologist Gary Szatowski -- the former head of the National Weather Service in Mount Holly -- tweeted a photo of NOAA HRRR-Smoke map.  The smoke is depicted in blue on the map and can be seen traveling from the West Coast up through southern-most parts of Arizona and New Mexico, up through…
NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question
NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question Citing “bad faith,” a federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose additional information regarding its decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Judge Jesse Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday that lawyers representing the government must produce a log of documents that were being withheld, as well as provide an explanation for why the administration did so.  Furman further demanded that the government include documents from the Commerce and Justice Departments in their disco…
UPDATE: Three Missing New Jersey Teens Found UPDATE: Three Missing New Jersey Teens Found
Update: Three Missing New Jersey Teens Found Police are seeking the public's help seeking three New Jersey teenagers who were last spotted in Bloomfield. ** UPDATE: Three teens reported missing from New Jersey have been found. ** The trio of friends believed to be together are: Ulises Yance, 16 Alex Lopez, 15 Alexa Arenas, 15 Yance and Lopez were last seen Wednesday and Arenas was last seen Thursday, police said. Yance's father said $8,000 in cash was stolen, and a friend told police the three friends could have possibly fled to New Mexico. Anyone with information can call the Bloomfield Police Department at 201-680-4141.
NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question
NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question A multi-state coalition of elected officials, led by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, officially filed a lawsuit in district court to block President Donald Trump and the federal government’s to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. Schneiderman - leading a coalition of 18 state Attorneys General and six cities and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors - filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from demanding citizenship information in the census, stating that “demanding citizenship information from the census would …
NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question
NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a multi-state coalition of elected officials who are intending to challenge President Donald Trump and the federal government’s decision to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. On Monday night, the Commerce Department announced it would indeed reintroduce the question, which had been asked until 1960. The lawsuit was filed by Attorneys General in New York, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New…