Petdog

https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/co...ravel-advisory

"The requirements of the travel advisory do not apply to any individual passing through designated states for a limited duration (i.e., less than 24 hours) through the course of travel.Examples of such brief passage include but are not limited to: stopping at rest stops for vehicles, buses, and/or trains; or lay-overs for air travel, bus travel, or train travel."

ESpen36

If you are simply connecting through LGA and thus staying in NY State for less than 24 hours, the quarantine does not apply. It's not entirely clear from the NYS DOH website whether those exempt from quarantine still must fill out the form, or whether they can just verbally declare to any official they encounter that they are exempt. I live in CT, and in that state, EVERYONE must fill out the form when arriving, and those who are exempt (for various reasons) or in transit just check the appropriate box on the form.


If you planned to remain in NY State (or the tristate area) for more than 24 hours, you *might* have to quarantine, depending on where your travel originated. If, during the previous 14 days, you had spent more than 24 consecutive hours in Virginia or any other "red" state or CDC level 3 country, then the quarantine would apply. However, if you entered VA only for the purpose of going to DCA airport, and otherwise had been inside the District of Columbia (and/or other "green" states/locations) for the preceding 14 days, then the quarantine would not apply. There is a specific exemption for transiting through "red" states for the purpose of travel, connecting, etc, as long as you are in the "red" state(s) for less than 24 consecutive hours.

Dieuwer

This is the stuff that might lead to revolution. Cuomo as the King and COVID the Tea.

Dieuwer

Be warned that if you fill out the NY state quarantine form, you will be bombarded with phone calls, emails, and text messages warning you to quarantine. Whether you actually need to do so or not, it doesn’t matter.

It’s the worst form of robocalling.

ISTFlyer

Thanks for all the responses up to this point.
As Virginia has been removed from the list, I didn't have any issues at LGA and did not fill out the form.

dhammer53

This list changes daily > https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/co...ravel-advisory

stimpy

Yea! California is off the naughty list. I now know where I'm going for Thanksgiving.

DELee

Hawaii?

David

stimpy

Cali isn't all bad.

BuildingMyBento

In your words, traveling during a pandemic isn't as asinine as a robocall about self-isolating during said pandemic.

I hear North Dakota calling your name...

Global Adventurer

I had no clue that most countries are banned from traveling to NY too . I already booked a flight and hotel. Coming from Mexico. Hopefully things change by November, but I doubt it.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////The 31 countries/territories NOT subject to the Governor's executive order and mandatory quarantine requirement are listed below:

• American Samoa
• Anguilla
• Bonaire
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Cayman Islands
• Dominica
• Falkland Islands
• Fiji
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guernsey
• Isle of Man
• Laos
• Macau SAR
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritius
• Micronesia
• Montserrat
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Palau
• Saba
• Saint Barthelemy
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Sint Eustatius
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste

nrr

When I arrived in JFK on a flight from LAS in T4 (DELTA) on 10/4/20 there were no agents at the arrival gate. At baggage claim there was a table and a single agent for the entire terminal--if you didn't look carefully you could easily have missed seeing the table.
A week ago Gov. Cuomo in a news conference was considering alternatives to Quarantine, now that nearly the entire country is cov. RED.
As the Gov. noted several states surrounding NY should be on the Q. list, but enforcing it for travel between NY and CT would be an enforcement nightmare, nevertheless a cov. infected traveler from CT is just as "dangerous" as one from (say) NV.

dstan

NY-NJ-CT have always been considered interconnected within the same 'bubble' under Executive Order 205, but this recent announcement seems to extend that bubble informally to MA and PA.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/gov...y-quarantine-0

MSPeconomist

What about MD, DC, and VA, plus Delaware? By the same logic, they're closely connected to PA and NJ.

dstan

Yeah, I agree. DE and VA are currently on the quarantine list. Personally, I can understand NY-NJ-CT as there are so many commuters, and maybe PA. But I was surprised by MA. Maybe that is my NYC-centric view.